benighted

Adjective
  1. Overtaken by night or darkness (synset 301907608)
    "benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home"
    similar to: unpunctual - not punctual; after the appointed time
    same as: nighted
  2. Lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture (synset 300887743)
    "this benighted country"; "benighted ages of barbarism and superstition"; "the dark ages"; "a dark age in the history of education"
    similar to: unenlightened - not enlightened; ignorant
    same as: dark

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