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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Political decisions can’t be entrusted entirely to the will of a bare majority of voters, in part because voters tend to be relatively uninformed about politics, but, more important, because nothing prevents majorities, once in power, from oppressing minorities.
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Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Trump’s threat was uninformed and ill-intended; clearly meant only to punish California and its governor for being a liberal state.
—Robin Epley, The Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2024
To the uninformed observer, this artwork was an ever-shifting video of abstract colors and shapes.
—Songyee Yoon, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
Yet many Palestinians cling to an uninformed misapprehension of international law’s potency.
—Hussein Agha, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2021
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Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Trump’s threat was uninformed and ill-intended; clearly meant only to punish California and its governor for being a liberal state.
—Robin Epley, The Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2024
To the uninformed observer, this artwork was an ever-shifting video of abstract colors and shapes.
—Songyee Yoon, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
Yet many Palestinians cling to an uninformed misapprehension of international law’s potency.
—Hussein Agha, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2021
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To be ignorant of love is a willful choice when presented so honestly.Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 22 Oct. 2024
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My ignorant questions perpetuated stereotypes, casting them into victim roles.Leo Barraclough, Variety, 16 Oct. 2024
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The bad news then is that the preponderance of users is blindly unaware of this rather significant consideration when using generative AI, namely that the answers are not 100% certain all the time.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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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 a lubricant.Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 5 Nov. 2024
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By 9 o’clock that evening, Reinhardt was seriously impressed—and apparently oblivious to the fact that the man before him was playing a role within a role.Tomas Weber, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2024
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The Lilliputian sellers regularly fail to do damage when matched with the oblivious index money.Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2024
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“Uninformed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninformed. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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