unenlightened

Example Sentences

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They were trying to avoid seeming judgmental, unenlightened or disloyal to a socially expected script.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

"We should have been moved by your willingness to suffer 'censure, suspension, or removal from the conference' to enforce your personal preferences on the overwhelming majority of your unenlightened colleagues," McClintock wrote in the letter.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2023

But overall, the show achieves nothing but leaving the viewer feeling "depressed" and "unenlightened", she added - especially given that several Savile documentaries already exist.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2023

“I grew up with Miracle Whip and was taught that the virtues of Miracle Whip simply had not ‘spread’ to the unenlightened ‘mayonnaise people.’

From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2022

The Wordsnatcher, the Trivium, and the long-nosed, green-eyed, curly-haired, wide-mouthed, thick-necked, broad-shouldered, round-bodied, short-armed, bowlegged, big-footed monster had already spread the alarm throughout the evil, unenlightened mountains.

From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster