unenlightened

Example Sentences

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They were trying to avoid seeming judgmental, unenlightened or disloyal to a socially expected script.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

I think of this as the tragedy of unenlightened self-interest – or the stupidity of greed.

From Salon • Mar. 2, 2024

But overall, the show achieves nothing but leaving the viewer feeling "depressed" and "unenlightened", she added - especially given that several Savile documentaries already exist.

From BBC • Oct. 10, 2023

Or, “How do you transform an America, still organized around the concept of ethnic ghettos, in an age when even the unenlightened agree that racism and redlining should be relics of the past?”

From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2021

This may seem surprising—not because spanking it self is necessarily detrimental but because, conventionally speaking, spanking is considered an unenlightened practice.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt