benighted
be·nigh·ted
adjective
1.
2.
lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
- “this benighted country”
- “benighted ages of barbarism and superstition”
- “the dark ages”
- “a dark age in the history of education”
Origin
From benight + -ed.
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