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un·in·formed
(ŭn′ĭn-fôrmd′)adj.
Not having, showing, or making use of information; not informed: uninformed voters; an uninformed decision.
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uninformed
(ˌʌnɪnˈfɔːmd)adj
not having knowledge or information about a situation, subject, etc
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Adj. | 1. | uninformed - 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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uninformed
adjectiveNot aware or informed:
ignorant, innocent, oblivious, unacquainted, unaware, unconscious, unenlightened, unfamiliar, unknowing, unwitting.
Idiom: in the dark.
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uninformed
[ˈʌnɪnˈfɔːmd] ADJ [comment, rumour, criticism] → infundado; [attitudes, prejudice] → ignoranteI did not want to appear uninformed → no quería parecer ignorante
well-meaning but uninformed people → personas fpl de buenas intenciones pero sin conocimientos
to be uninformed about sth → no estar informado sobre algo, no estar al corriente or al tanto de algo
he could not claim that he was uninformed about the law → no 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 disease → la gente en general está muy poco informada sobre la enfermedad
the uninformed observer → el observador profano
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uninformed
[ˌʌnɪnˈfɔːrmd] adj [person, public, comment, criticism] → mal informé(e)to be uninformed about sth → être mal informé de qch
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uninformed
adj (= not knowing) → nicht informiert or unterrichtet (→ about über +acc); (= ignorant also) → unwissend; criticism → blindwütig; comment, rumour → unfundiert; the uninformed observer → der uninformierte Beobachter; to be uninformed about something → über etw (acc) → nicht Bescheid wissen; to keep somebody uninformed → jdn im Dunkeln lassen; the uninformed pl → die schlecht Informierten pl
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uninformed
[ʌnɪnˈfɔːmd] adj (person) → non informato/a, non al corrente; (opinion, guess) → non fondato/a sulla conoscenza dei fattiCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995