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benighted |
in intellectual or moral darkness; ignorant; unenlightened. [1/2 definitions] |
bumpkin1 |
an ignorant, clumsy, uncultured person from a rural area; yokel. |
chawbacon |
(slang; often derogatory) an ignorant, uncouth person from a rural area; yokel; bumpkin. |
double-blind |
of or designating a method of testing in which both the experimenter and the subjects are ignorant of which subjects are receiving the active treatment. |
dunce |
a stupid, foolish, or ignorant person. |
hayseed |
(informal) a person of farm country, viewed as being ignorant or uncouth. [1/3 definitions] |
ignoramus |
one who is ignorant, often ridiculously so; dunce. |
ignorance |
the condition or fact of being ignorant; lack of education, knowledge, training, or the like. |
illiterate |
showing substandard learning; poorly educated; ignorant. [2/5 definitions] |
in the dark |
ignorant or uncertain. |
know-nothing |
an uninformed, ignorant person; ignoramus. [1/2 definitions] |
Philistine |
(sometimes l.c.) one who is ignorant of, smugly indifferent to, or hostile to aesthetic and cultural values. [2/4 definitions] |
redneck |
(chiefly American)(informal; often offensive) a poor, white, rural person, often considered ignorant or bigoted. |
sophisticated |
having or showing a lot of knowledge or experience; not ignorant or simple. |
unknowing |
not knowing; unaware; ignorant. |
unlearned |
lacking education; ignorant. [1/3 definitions] |
unread |
not knowledgeable because of not having done much reading; uneducated; ignorant. [1/2 definitions] |
untaught |
not instructed or taught; ignorant. [1/2 definitions] |
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