unenlightened

Speech parts

1. unenlightened - Adjective

2. unenlightened - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

lacking information or instruction

not enlightened; ignorant

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

naive uninstructed savage philistine unacquainted dark medieval primitive blind unconscious backward innocent deaf dull inexperienced
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Antonyms

enlightened blue academic aware shrewd abreast
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Phrases with the word

be unenlightened about be unenlightened less unenlightened unenlightened about

Examples

lamentably unenlightened as to the laws Source: Internet

the devices by which unenlightened men preserved the unjust social order Source: Internet

British lodges assigned themselves the duty to "initiate the unenlightened". Source: Internet

Ignorance main Theravadins believe these defilements are habits born out of avijjā (ignorance) that afflict the minds of all unenlightened beings, who cling to them and their influence in their ignorance of the truth. Source: Internet

In interviews, Speight explained he had originally based Alf on his father, an East End docker who was staunchly reactionary and held "unenlightened" attitudes toward black people. Source: Internet

In these novels, the interjection "fnord" is given hypnotic power over the unenlightened, and children in grade school are taught to be unable to consciously see the word "fnord". Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

unenlagiine unenlarged unenlightenable unenlightened about unenlightenedly unenlightening