benighted
adjective/bɪˈnaɪtɪd/
/bɪˈnaɪtɪd/
(old-fashioned)- (of people) without understanding
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- (of places) without the benefits of modern life
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense being overtaken by darkness): past participle of archaic benight ‘cover in the darkness of night, obscure’ (see be-, night).
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