unenlightened

[ US /ˌənɛnˈɫaɪtənd/ ]
[ UK /ˌʌnɛnlˈa‍ɪtənd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. lacking information or instruction
    lamentably unenlightened as to the laws
  2. not enlightened; ignorant
    the devices by which unenlightened men preserved the unjust social order
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How To Use unenlightened In A Sentence

  • This patronising initiative seems to suggest that unenlightened mums and dads are the cause of racism in Oldham, by passing it on to their kids and creating a vicious cycle.
  • lamentably unenlightened as to the laws
  • At best, you could say the narrator is a man of his unenlightened times.
  • Back in those unenlightened days we all carried knives in the playground, but we didn't know what to do with them, using them for cutting sticks and playing games.
  • Boyd has now revealed he too remains unenlightened.
  • While some of us may or may not adhere to these beliefs, those out of step become nonentities, dismissed as right-wing, misguided, and unenlightened.
  • However, our carnal, unenlightened Adamic nature feels compelled to defend the image we have of God and good, and trying to manage these images has caused us to systematically put the planet in peril. God is Not a Christian, Nor a Jew, Muslim, Hindu …
  • The local burghers were not the least bit delighted or impressed at this assumption, and the unenlightened portrayal of our quaint and historic village.
  • According to Tibetan Buddhism, the universe is populated by a vast array of enlightened and unenlightened beings.
  • But before she made her final impassioned plea to her seemingly unenlightened colleagues, the air had been thick with expectation.
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