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unenlightened

British  
/ ˌʌnɪnˈlaɪtənd /

adjective

  1. not well-informed, tolerant, or rational

    a most backward, unenlightened nation

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Her sure taste selects at a glance the thing which will best become the other, and over which the Unenlightened may ponder for hours.

From The Spinster Book by Reed, Myrtle

The former was continually increasing, and had sharp contests with the Unenlightened on questions of clerical control in civil affairs.

From History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. by Anderson, Rufus

The general progress towards right religious opinions, had led to a division of the Armenians who remained in the Old Church into two parties, called the "Enlightened" and the "Unenlightened."

From History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. by Anderson, Rufus

Unenlightened man— A savage, roaming through the woods and wilds In quest of prey, and with th' unfashiomed fur Bough clad.

From Nick of the Woods by Bird, Robert M.

Unenlightened, she at last, though without hope, asked the baby, “Who gave it to you, Larry?”

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 4, August 1908 by Various