Definition: lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
Usage: this benighted country; benighted ages of barbarism and superstition; the dark ages; a dark age in the history of education
Similar words: unenlightened
Definition: not enlightened; ignorant
Usage: the devices by which unenlightened men preserved the unjust social order
Definition: overtaken by night or darkness
Usage: benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home
Similar words: unpunctual
Definition: not punctual; after the appointed time