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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.
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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"
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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 Republic by Plato View in context
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.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
I looked as grateful as any boy possibly could, who was wholly uninformed why he ought to assume that expression.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
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