benighted

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(bĭ-nī'tĭd) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Overtaken by night or darkness.
  2. Being in a state of moral or intellectual darkness; unenlightened.
benightedly be·night'ed·ly adv.
benightedness be·night'ed·ness n.

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adjective

    Exhibiting lack of education or knowledge: backward, ignorant, primitive, unenlightened. See knowledge/ignorance.

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adj

Definition: ignorant
Antonyms: enlightened

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - åndsformørket, uoplyst

Nederlands (Dutch)
onwetend, door de nacht verrast, verblind

Français (French)
adj. - arriéré, primitif, plongé (dans les ténèbres) de l'ignorance

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unwissend, von der Dunkelheit überrascht

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - νυχτωμένος, μακριά νυχτωμένος, αδαής

Italiano (Italian)
ottenebrato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - ignorante, incivilizado, surpreendido pela noite

Русский (Russian)
застигнутый ночью, непросвещенный, темный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - anochecido, ignorante, sorprendido por la noche

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - oupplyst

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
赶路到天黑的, 愚昧的, 陷入黑夜的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 趕路到天黑的, 愚昧的, 陷入黑夜的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 날이 저문, 무식한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 夜にはいった, 未開の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ادركه الظلام, جاهل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חשוך, שרוי בחשיכה‬


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