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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Not having, showing, or making use of information; not informed.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not informed; not instructed; untaught.
  • Not animated; not informed with mind or intelligence; not enlivened.
  • Not imbued: as, a picture uninformed with imagination.

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  • adjective not informed; ignorant

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective not informed; lacking in knowledge or information

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Examples

  • The cable says that rumors of splits at the top of the military government come from what it calls uninformed analysis and wishful thinking by Burmese exiles and outside observers.

    US Sought Removal of UN Burma Envoy, Leaked Documents Show 2010

  • The cable says that rumors of splits at the top of the military government come from what it calls uninformed analysis and wishful thinking by Burmese exiles and outside observers.

    US Sought Removal of UN Burma Envoy, Leaked Documents Show 2010

  • KING: The Thompson campaign promises the former senator will be more active very soon, but, Wolf, it's interesting increasingly, even top Thompson advisers are voicing their frustrations, not just with what they call the uninformed chattering class, but even with their own candidate.

    CNN Transcript Oct 17, 2007 2007

  • He also expressed disappointment at what he described as uninformed criticism of the justice system by members of the community and the media.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • He also expressed disappointment at what he described as uninformed criticism of the justice system by members of the community and the media.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • He also expressed disappointment at what he described as uninformed criticism of the justice system by members of the community and the media.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • He also expressed disappointment at what he described as uninformed criticism of the justice system by members of the community and the media.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • But I find that it is often talked about in uninformed and unimaginative ways–people repeat the same things they have heard and often don’t know the full story.

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - An interview with author 2010

  • Imagine a Washington in turmoil, uninformed out of a freeway fights which pitted suburb opposite executive city, a feds opposite a locals, neighbors opposite neighbors, uninformed from a smoke as well as rubble left after a 1968 riots.

    Was the lack of express tracks a lack of foresight? - Greater ... admin 2009

  • Imagine a Washington in turmoil, uninformed out of a freeway fights which pitted suburb opposite executive city, a feds opposite a locals, neighbors opposite neighbors, uninformed from a smoke as well as rubble left after a 1968 riots.

    Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009

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