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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
unenlightened

1660s, "not lit up," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of enlighten (v.). Meaning "not mentally illuminated" is attested from 1650s.

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unenlightened

a. Not enlightened; ignorant in general or of some particular fact.

WordNet
unenlightened
  1. adj. not enlightened; ignorant; "the devices by which unenlightened men preserved the unjust social order" [ant: enlightened]

  2. lacking information or instruction; "lamentably unenlightened as to the laws" [syn: uninstructed]

  3. lacking general education or knowledge; "an ignorant man"; "nescient of contemporary literature"; "an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues"; "exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions" [syn: ignorant, nescient, unlearned, unlettered]

Usage examples of "unenlightened".

A new Inceptine order was being organized, and in fact all the trappings and facets of the old Church were here being duplicated at high speed, so that the Macrobians might be considered worthy rivals to the unenlightened of Charibon.

But to permit the impression to prevail that an unenlightened popular preference for a book, however many may hold it, is to be taken as a measure of its excellence, is like claiming that a debased Austrian coin, because it circulates, is as good as a gold stater of Alexander.

It is negligent of us both that she has gone uninstructed in such things, and unforgivably negligent of us that she remains unenlightened of her own bloodlines.

I had not much trouble in playing the part of the unenlightened, for such, in point of fact, was my state of mind, and Madame d'Urfe unconsciously betrayed the desire of shewing her learning.

The Bureau of Eristic Affairs, and The Administry for the Unenlightened Eristic Horde E.

I took exception to his unenlightened behavior and gave him the bum's rush.

The great unenlightened horde of the nontattooed Toby referred to contemptuously as "blanks.

Idiots love them because they can all band together and piss in a quill and look down on the unenlightened majority.

As if I were a self-styled Moses, coming down from the mountain all alone, carrying the stone tablets bearing the Ten Commandments carved in immutable stone--the original command-line interface--and blowing his stack at the weak, unenlightened Hebrews worshipping images.