Meaning of clueful | Babel Free

Definitions

Knowledgeable and well-informed.

informal

Examples

“While the mentorship opportunities in recent startup hubs like⟳ Berlin and Stockholm have⟳ increased dramatically in recent years, the mentors in Silicon Valley are still some of the most experienced and clueful in the world (let's call⟳ that factor "X").”

“It's rare for a television series about technology to get⟳ anything right about how computers work⟳, let⟳ alone how hackers do their jobs. But in a pop culture landscape flooded with shows like⟳ CSI: Cyber and Scorpion, the CBS show⟳ Person of Interest⟳ stood out as smart, relevant, and mostly clueful about how networked devices actually function.”

“These kinds of things — the political, social, and institutional changes — are more difficult than the technological challenge⟳. And unfortunately, there is no model⟳, no simulation, and no supercomputer that can show⟳ us how to induce today's socioeconomic institutions and their leaders to behave in a more clueful fashion.”

“As a children's book critic and a fairly clueful Jew, I've been asked several times to read⟳ non-Jewish and non-Jewishly-observant friends' book manuscripts to make⟳ sure they've gotten the Jewish stuff right before they're published.”

CEFR level