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- One of Sheldon's ongoing gags is that despite his genius I.Q., he is completely clueless about being social, leading to many missed points.
- Contrast Missed the Call, where the adventure would have gone to the person that wanted and deserved it, but it went to some clueless protagonist by mistake.
Source: Adventure Rebuff -
Clueless Detective: The eventual winner proves to be one, as they never correctly identified the Killer at any point in the show - during the finale, they even named Giles as the Killer when prompted, as they'd missed Giles' instructions to Read the Fine Print of the contract they were to get.
Source: Series / Whodunnit?
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Missed and Clueless. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/clueless/missed
Clueless & Missed. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/clueless/missed>.
Missed or Clueless. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/clueless/missed.
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