benighted
/bɪˈnaɪtɪd/
adjective
- In a state of moral or intellectual ignorance, especially willfully or stubbornly so.
- The benighted villagers refused to accept modern medicine.
- His benighted views on education belong to a previous century.
- Only a benighted fool would deny the benefits of vaccination.
- Overtaken by darkness or night; lacking light.
- The hikers became benighted on the mountain trail and had to set up camp in the dark.
- A benighted traveler knocked on our door seeking shelter.
- The benighted streets of the old town were lit only by lanterns.
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