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UNENLIGHTENED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not enlightened; ignorant
Example:
the devices by which unenlightened men preserved the unjust social order
Classified under:
Similar:
benighted; dark (lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture)
Also:
uneducated (not having a good education)
uninformed (not informed; lacking in knowledge or information)
Antonym:
enlightened (having knowledge and spiritual insight)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lacking information or instruction
Example:
lamentably unenlightened as to the laws
Synonyms:
naive; unenlightened; uninstructed
Classified under:
Similar:
uninformed (not informed; lacking in knowledge or information)
