ADJECTIVE | all | unenlightened | not enlightened |
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all | unenlightened, uninstructed, naive | lacking information or instruction |
Sounds | ah.nehnlay'tahnd | |
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Rhymes | abandoned ... Zealand: 132 rhymes with ahnd... |
Meaning | not enlightened; ignorant. | |
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Example | "the devices by which unenlightened men preserved the unjust social order" | |
Narrower | benighted, dark | lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture |
See also | uneducated | not having a good education |
uninformed | not informed | |
Opposite | enlightened | Having knowledge and spiritual insight |
Spanish | ignorante, poco ilustrado |
Meaning | lacking information or instruction. | |
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Example | "lamentably unenlightened as to the laws" | |
Synonyms | uninstructed, naive | |
Broader | uninformed | not informed |
Spanish | maleducado |
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