what does unenlightened mean?
UNENLIGHTENED as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- lacking general education or knowledge
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- an ignorant man
- nescient of contemporary literature
- an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues
- exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions
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- Meaning
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- the devices by which unenlightened men preserved the unjust social order
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- Meaning
- lacking information or instruction
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- lamentably unenlightened as to the laws
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