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uninformed

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un·in·formed  (nn-fôrmd)
adj.
Not having, showing, or making use of information; not informed: uninformed voters; an uninformed decision.

uninformed [ˌʌnɪnˈfɔːmd]
adj
not having knowledge or information about a situation, subject, etc.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.uninformeduninformed - not informed; lacking in knowledge or information; "the uninformed public"
uneducated - not having a good education
unenlightened - not enlightened; ignorant; "the devices by which unenlightened men preserved the unjust social order"
naif, naive - marked by or showing unaffected simplicity and lack of guile or worldly experience; "a teenager's naive ignorance of life"; "the naive assumption that things can only get better"; "this naive simple creature with wide friendly eyes so eager to believe appearances"
informed - having much knowledge or education; "an informed public"; "informed opinion"; "the informed customer"
Translations
uninformed [ˈʌnɪnˈfɔːmd] ADJ [comment, rumour, criticism] → infundado; [attitudes, prejudice] → ignorante
I did not want to appear uninformedno quería parecer ignorante
well-meaning but uninformed peoplepersonas fpl de buenas intenciones pero sin conocimientos
to be uninformed about sthno estar informado sobre algo, no estar al corriente or al tanto de algo
he could not claim that he was uninformed about the lawno podía afirmar que no estaba informado sobre la ley, no podía afirmar que no estaba al corriente or al tanto de la ley
people are generally very uninformed about the diseasela gente en general está muy poco informada sobre la enfermedad
the uninformed observerel observador profano
uninformed [ˌʌnɪnˈfɔːrmd] adj [person, public, comment, criticism] → mal informé(e)
to be uninformed about sth → être mal informé de qch
uninformed
adj (= not knowing)nicht informiert or unterrichtet (→ about über +acc); (= ignorant also)unwissend; criticismblindwütig; comment, rumourunfundiert; the uninformed observerder uninformierte Beobachter; to be uninformed about somethingüber etw (acc)nicht Bescheid wissen; to keep somebody uninformedjdn im Dunkeln lassen; the uninformed pldie schlecht Informierten pl
uninformed [ʌnɪnˈfɔːmd] adj (person) → non informato/a, non al corrente; (opinion, guess) → non fondato/a sulla conoscenza dei fatti
uninformed [ʌnɪnˈfɔːmd] adj (person) → non informato/a, non al corrente; (opinion, guess) → non fondato/a sulla conoscenza dei fatti


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The reason is, I replied, that you attribute some profound meaning to my words; but I am only saying that deception, or being deceived or uninformed about the highest realities in the highest part of themselves, which is the soul, and in that part of them to have and to hold the lie, is what mankind least like;--that, I say, is what they utterly detest.
The judgment which can penetrate into the cabinets of princes, and discover the secret springs which move the great state wheels in all the political machines of Europe, must surely, with very little difficulty, find out what passes in the rude uninformed mind of a girl.
I looked as grateful as any boy possibly could, who was wholly uninformed why he ought to assume that expression.
 
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