ill-informed

[il-in-fawrmd]

adjective

lacking adequate or proper knowledge or information, as in one particular subject or in a variety of subjects: The public is ill-informed of the danger.

Origin of ill-informed

First recorded in 1815–25

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Examples from the Web for ill-informed

Contemporary Examples of ill-informed

The Hannity-esque delusion of a post-racial America is ill-informed at best and bigoted at worst.
‘Dear White People’: How An Ex-Publicist’s Twitter Became One of the Year’s Most Important Films
Marlow Stern
October 30, 2014
True, there certainly are plenty of ill-informed teenagers out there.
Paying Taxes and Going to Jail Like Adults; Teens Deserve the Right to Vote, Too
Jillian Keenan
October 6, 2014
During the primaries, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum popped off with sour, ill-informed comments on race-related issues.
Is Romney a Race Baiter?
John McWhorter
August 29, 2012
Rush is a factor only to his ill-informed, albeit numerous listeners, and we should move on.
Uproar Over Limbaugh’s Sandra Fluke Attack Should End Because He Doesn’t Matter
Jesse Singal
March 14, 2012
A kid who comes across as arrogant or nasty or ill-informed about the college can trigger a negative interview report.
Do College Interviews Count?
Steve Cohen, Mike Muska
October 6, 2011

Historical Examples of ill-informed

We are at present far too ill-informed to rule out such a guess.
Progress and History
Various
Thus Webster's father was not so ill-informed as he now appeared.
The Kentucky Warbler
James Lane Allen
I will not even quarrel with him for being a tyrant at heart, lazy, ill-informed!'
Rudin
Ivan Turgenev
It is only those at a distance, or ill-informed, who have belittled these achievements.
The Panama Canal and its Makers
Vaughan Cornish
I know nothing of this proceeding; but I do not hesitate to affirm that you have been ill-informed.
The Lesser Bourgeoisie
Honore de Balzac