benighted
[adjective]
Synonyms: ignorant, empty-headed, illiterate, know-nothing, uneducated, uninstructed, unlettered, unschooled, untaught, untutored, backward, unenlightened, unprogressive

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Contrasted words: informed, intelligent
Related Idioms: in the dark
Related Words: backward, unenlightened, uninformed

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be‧night‧ed /bɪˈnaɪtəd, bɪˈnaɪtɪd/ adjective literary
[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: benighted 'trapped by the darkness of the night' (16-20 centuries), from night]
having no knowledge or understanding
—benightedly adverb

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