as in ignorant
not informed about or aware of something
the mayor is clearly uninformed when it comes to the state of the city's schools
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Recent Examples of uninformed
Many are under the misapprehension that reconfiguring the busing schedule would create an undue burden on the school system and wreak havoc on the school day, but this stance is uninformed and defeatist.
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Aysheh Abuarqub, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2025
Isaacson’s biography concludes before Musk thrust himself into the political arena as Trump’s uninformed booster and ATM ($270 million during the 2024 campaign).
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
Much of the recent unrest stems from radical organizations preying on the impressionable and uninformed, and those groups that have been working in concert to commit unlawful acts should be held fully accountable.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Demonizing the delta smelt was — and is — a way to make facile points to uninformed voters by suggesting that the interests of what appears to be an unimportant fish are somehow elevated above those of human residents.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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Aysheh Abuarqub, Baltimore Sun, 29 Jan. 2025
Isaacson’s biography concludes before Musk thrust himself into the political arena as Trump’s uninformed booster and ATM ($270 million during the 2024 campaign).
—Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
Much of the recent unrest stems from radical organizations preying on the impressionable and uninformed, and those groups that have been working in concert to commit unlawful acts should be held fully accountable.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025
Demonizing the delta smelt was — and is — a way to make facile points to uninformed voters by suggesting that the interests of what appears to be an unimportant fish are somehow elevated above those of human residents.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninformed
Adjective
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Musk’s blind and ignorant closing of USAID has blacked out our billboard to the world of what America is about.—
Llewellyn King,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Feb. 2025
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For one thing, Overstreet seemed set on portraying Black history in a way that was neither overly dour nor entirely ignorant of past violence.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Not even Scheffler himself was unaware of his heroics in winning The PLAYERS a year ago.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
Newsweek,
12 Mar. 2025
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Schneider allegedly was unaware of the pivotal scene in which Brando’s character anally rapes her character using a stick of butter as lubricant.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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What follows is a quest for somebody named Ralph Sampson, recently on the lam—born poor, grown rich, and, according to his daughter, wholly oblivious to the needs of the Mexican workers on his ranch, not far from Bakersfield, who are now on strike.—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
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Children were playing badminton, oblivious of the ancient church looming behind them.—
The New York Times,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Uninformed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninformed. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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