Definition of unenlightened

• not enlightened; ignorant; "the devices by which unenlightened men preserved the unjust social order"
• lacking information or instruction; "lamentably unenlightened as to the laws"
• uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication; "an ignorant man"; "nescient of contemporary literature"; "an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues"; "exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions"