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
Cutting away advisory panels hurts everyone and leaves the U.S. government uninformed when making critical decisions that affect millions of lives, alongside a public left in the dark about what advice agencies do receive.
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Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2025
For now, critics say the public remains uninformed—and potentially unprotected.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Unfortunately, such fleshing out always brings charges of political manipulation from the uninformed or paranoid.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025
As the story goes, biased or uninformed teachers call a child protection hotline, and out-of-touch caseworkers deem the parents neglectful and remove their children.
—Emily Putnam-Hornstein and Naomi Schaefer Riley, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2025
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Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2025
For now, critics say the public remains uninformed—and potentially unprotected.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Unfortunately, such fleshing out always brings charges of political manipulation from the uninformed or paranoid.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 16 Mar. 2025
As the story goes, biased or uninformed teachers call a child protection hotline, and out-of-touch caseworkers deem the parents neglectful and remove their children.
—Emily Putnam-Hornstein and Naomi Schaefer Riley, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninformed
Adjective
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Trump has no knowledge of military history and has surrounded himself with advisers equally ignorant.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
16 May 2025
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Anger materializes in people who are toxic and ignorant.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Rolling Stone,
10 May 2025
Adjective
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But lawyers can hardly be unaware of the pitfalls for their own profession in failing to monitor bots’ outputs.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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When Martone was personally attacked with deepfake pornography, the content was posted on social media and emailed to her employer with demands to fire Martone, unaware that Martone was the company CEO.—
Kim Elsesser,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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The cat's beef-eating, fart-generating owners are oblivious to these lofty ruling ambitions.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
17 May 2025
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Before long, the wife lies on the bed with a peaceful expression on her face, on morphine and oblivious to the chaos that surrounds them.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
13 May 2025
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“Uninformed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninformed. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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