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Definition of “unenlightened”

unenlightened (ˌʌnɪnˈlaɪtənd Pronunciation for unenlightened

Definitions

adjective

  1. not well-informed, tolerant, or rational ⇒ a most backward, unenlightened nation

Example Sentences Including 'unenlightened'

Are they really so feeble and bereft of conviction that they cannot suffer the mockery of their unenlightened opponents?
Times, Sunday Times (2002)
Haiti is the poorest, most backward, unenlightened nation in the Western hemisphere.
Tapply, William G A Rodent of Doubt
It would be a stretch to say their efforts alone elected Bush and pushed the US into some kind of unenlightened moral absolutism.
The Australian (2004)
The Primal gods you worship are nothing more than natural events to which the unenlightened have attached divinity.
Jennifer Fallon TREASON KEEP (2001)
The market, if it was left unattended, could be distorted by a very unenlightened self-interest, and often was.
Freeden, Michael (ed) Reappraising J. A. Hobson - humanism and welfare
We have shaken that barren doctrine out of our national game, but we are still unenlightened regarding youth training.
Times, Sunday Times (2002)
Yes, I'm preaching to the converted right now, but I need the converted to spread the message to the unenlightened.
Globe and Mail (2003)

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