benighted

Example Sentences

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“The idea was Persians or Arabs brought civilization with them to benighted, primitive Africans,” adds Mark Horton, an archaeologist at the Royal Agricultural University.

From Science Magazine

This kind of mathematically benighted framing — Asimov’s point in action — makes it difficult to have a conversation.

From Los Angeles Times

When a great order-sustaining power loses a war, however benighted the conception and conduct of the war were, the repercussions radiate.

From Washington Post

I’m happy to stipulate that your views are enlightened and his benighted.

From New York Times

What if problems once thought to be dispatched to a benighted past are back with a vengeance?

From Washington Post