Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not enlightened; not mentally or morally illuminated; also, not proceeding from or marked by mental or moral enlightenment: as, unenlightened zeal.
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- adjective Not
enlightened ;ignorant in general or of some particular fact.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not enlightened; ignorant
- adjective lacking information or instruction
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Examples
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It's too bad we remain unenlightened by those who know the work of Eugene Ehrlich.
Requiem for a Wordie 2008
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It's too bad we remain unenlightened by those who know the work of Eugene Ehrlich.
Requiem for a Wordie 2008
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It's too bad we remain unenlightened by those who know the work of Eugene Ehrlich.
Requiem for a Wordie 2008
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It's too bad we remain unenlightened by those who know the work of Eugene Ehrlich.
Requiem for a Wordie 2008
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It's too bad we remain unenlightened by those who know the work of Eugene Ehrlich.
Requiem for a Wordie 2008
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It's too bad we remain unenlightened by those who know the work of Eugene Ehrlich.
Requiem for a Wordie 2008
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She was brainwashed to believe she was "unenlightened" and an "unsaved fool" in the Catholic faith.
Chris Rodda: A Holiday Letter from the Family of an Air Force Academy Graduate Chris Rodda 2010
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Is it a case of political pandering that conveys the "semblance of piety" or a "sentimental nod" to the "unenlightened"?
Jeffrey Robbins: Jerry Falwell and the Making of an Uncivil Religion 2008
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Tyler -- right; Rick Steeves -- always pizzing & moaning about "unenlightened" America -- the same country that let him freely do business travel & make millions.
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Initially the Indians were greatly attracted to the mission, but ample food and protection from enemies had to be measured against fatal epidemics of measles, the worldly attractions of the pueblo, and the free life of "unenlightened" brothers across the bay.
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