as in ignorant
not informed about or aware of something
the mayor is clearly uninformed when it comes to the state of the city's schools
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Recent Examples of uninformed
Political decisions can’t be entrusted entirely to the will of a bare majority of voters, in part because voters tend to be relatively uninformed about politics, but, more important, because nothing prevents majorities, once in power, from oppressing minorities.
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Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Trump’s threat was uninformed and ill-intended; clearly meant only to punish California and its governor for being a liberal state.
—Robin Epley, The Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2024
To the uninformed observer, this artwork was an ever-shifting video of abstract colors and shapes.
—Songyee Yoon, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
Yet many Palestinians cling to an uninformed misapprehension of international law’s potency.
—Hussein Agha, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2021
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Louis Menand, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
Trump’s threat was uninformed and ill-intended; clearly meant only to punish California and its governor for being a liberal state.
—Robin Epley, The Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2024
To the uninformed observer, this artwork was an ever-shifting video of abstract colors and shapes.
—Songyee Yoon, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
Yet many Palestinians cling to an uninformed misapprehension of international law’s potency.
—Hussein Agha, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninformed
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Donald Trump, so ignorant of the past and so careless about the future, is a present-tense kind of candidate.Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
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Was an ancient reptile, for all intents and purposes a 15-million-year-old dinosaur, actually roaming this expanse of creosote scrub, subsisting on beavertail cactus flesh, going about her day ignorant of the weather alerts, the headlines, the untold human tragedies?Outside Online, Outside Online, 23 Oct. 2024
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Trump might be unaware of this or indifferent to it.Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
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That's on top of a relentless campaign schedule that has seemingly left barely any residents here unaware of who their candidates are.Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2024
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As much as parents may think their children are oblivious, research shows kids, including very young ones, are paying attention.Vox Staff, Vox, 6 Nov. 2024
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However, people were oblivious of its presence on Guam until 1953, and still unaware of its deadly rapid spread until much later.Scott Travers, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Uninformed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninformed. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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