[ adj ] totally uninformed about what is going on; not having even a clue from which to infer what is occurring <adj.all>
clueless \clueless\ adj. 1. not providing any clue. [PJC]
2. completely uninformed or unaware; hopelessly ignorant; utterly bewildered. [PJC]
The secretary of defence still outranked the secretary of commerce, while General Brent Scowcroft, the president's national security adviser, was clueless on economics. The critics are making two separate points.