Benighted - English meaning

adjective

Directed behind or to the rear.

Usage examples:

She left the room without a backward glance

adverb

Another word for backwards.

adverb

(of a movement) in the direction of one's back.

Usage examples:

Penny glanced backwards

adjective

Lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated.

Usage examples:

He was told constantly that he was ignorant and stupid

adjective

Having no knowledge or awareness of something or of things in general

Usage examples:

We were very young, ignorant, unskilled men., you have to assume that incoming students have an alm…

adjective

Not having enough knowledge, understanding, or information about something

Usage examples:

Ignorant about many teenagers are surprisingly ignorant about current politics., blissfully ignoran…

adjective

Unable to read or write.

Usage examples:

His parents were illiterate

noun

A person who is unable to read or write.

Usage examples:

This reminds me of a quote from italo calvino (who was most certainly literate): ‘the ratio of lite…

adjective

Not knowing how to read and write

adjective

Relating to, denoting, or preserving the character of an early stage in the evolutionary or historical development of something.

Usage examples:

Primitive mammals

noun

A person belonging to a preliterate, non-industrial society.

Usage examples:

Reports of travellers and missionaries described contemporary primitives

adjective

Easily understood or done; presenting no difficulty.

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A simple solution

noun

A medicinal herb, or a medicine made from one.

Usage examples:

The gatherers of simples

exclamation

Of very low intelligence.

contraction

One.

Usage examples:

A good 'un

prefix

(added to adjectives, participles, and their derivatives) denoting the absence of a quality or state; not.

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Unabashed

prefix

(added to verbs) denoting the reversal or cancellation of an action or state.

Usage examples:

Untie

adjective

(of a place or people) not socially, culturally, or morally advanced.

Usage examples:

They pitied us for leaving the smoke for such uncivilized remoteness

adjective

(of a society or country) without what is thought to be a highly developed culture and way of life, or (of a person) rude and not showing care for others

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Uncivilized behavior

adjective

Lacking good manners, refinement, or grace.

Usage examples:

He is unwashed, uncouth, and drunk most of the time

adjective

(of a person or a person's behavior) rude and unpleasant

adjective

Having or showing a poor level of education.

Usage examples:

The workforce remains largely uneducated and unskilled

adjective

Having received little education

adjective

Not having or showing an enlightened outlook.

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Unenlightened thinking

adjective

Not having or showing awareness or understanding of the facts.

Usage examples:

Uninformed criticism of conservation projects

adjective

Not knowing much or having much information about something

Usage examples:

For a journalist, he seems surprisingly uninformed about what is happening in the news., individual…

adjective

(of a person) not well educated.

Usage examples:

He appealed to an unlearned audience as well as to sympathetic scholars

adjective

Not having been learned.

Usage examples:

She found herself on the stage, lines unlearned

verb

Discard (something learned, especially a bad habit or false or outdated information) from one's memory.

Usage examples:

Teachers are being asked to unlearn rigid rules for labelling and placing children

adjective

(of a person) poorly educated or illiterate.

Usage examples:

It seems common to consider the mfdp as a group of uneducated farmers or unlettered peasants, yet i…

adjective

(of a book or document) not read.

Usage examples:

But to me, a cookbook unused is like an unread book in that it's not fulfilling it's potential.

adjective

Not processed to remove impurities or unwanted elements.

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Unrefined sugar

adjective

In a natural state, without having been through a chemical or industrial process to remove unwanted parts; not refined

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Unrefined sugar

adjective

Not showing the learning and attention to detail characteristic of a scholar.

Usage examples:

An edition which was full of unscholarly amendments

adjective

Showing that someone has not studied a subject in a serious and detailed way

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His unscholarly lack of precision leaves us wondering what he intends to say., this generalization …

adjective

Not educated or trained.

Usage examples:

She was unschooled in the niceties of royal behaviour

adjective

Lacking refined worldly knowledge or tastes.

Usage examples:

An unsophisticated young man

adjective

Not complicated, not educated, or without a good understanding of culture

Usage examples:

He’s an unsophisticated man, but he has been very successful in business.

adjective

Not formally taught or trained.

Usage examples:

The species are all much the same to the untutored eye

adjective

Having no knowledge of or education in a particular subject

Usage examples:

To my untutored eye that just looks like a load of random brush strokes, and yet it's a very valuab…