benighted
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Phenomenal amounts of self-righteous bloviating about enlightened or benighted child-feeding have gone on for centuries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
It’s more like an existential dilemma, both for our bewildered and benighted country and for the world.
From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2026
In February 2018, she wrote an article for the Washington Post, calling Bostic's sentence "benighted and unjust".
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2023
In a 1970s exhibition game between his Brazilian club, Santos, and my benighted hometown Rochester Lancers of the benighted North American Soccer League, Pelé scored the only goal on a late penalty.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 29, 2022
There were good people on this benighted world, the star decided, warmed and contented.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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The Once and Future King
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"On Being Brought from Africa to America" by Phillis Wheatley
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