unenlightened

adjective

un·​en·​light·​ened ˌən-in-ˈlī-tᵊnd 

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: having or showing a lack of necessary knowledge or understanding : not enlightened

… his disregard for society's margins seems particularly unenlightened.

—Genevieve Stuttaford

… an audience of unenlightened laymen.

—Joyce Carol Oates

Examples of unenlightened in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Some are downright funky in their retro prejudices, others more quaintly unenlightened. —Lauren Bravo, refinery29.com, 3 Jan. 2024

And the culprit doesn’t seem to be a small number of unenlightened appraisers. —Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 8 July 2024

Most gratifying in Newnham’s investigation is how Hite reclaimed her own positive sense of self in exile through some key female friendships: a love goddess finding refuge with like-minded souls after a bruising battle with unenlightened, resentful mortals. —Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 18 Nov. 2023

By today’s standards, looking for a single ideal of beauty feels antiquated and unenlightened. —Rhonda Garelick, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1650, in the meaning defined above