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
According to new research from SoFi, 44% of students and parents feel uninformed about student loans but are probably too afraid to ask questions.
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Brian Walsh, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Once the movie slows down, the uninformed are able to ease more readily into the plot of the film.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 22 Aug. 2025
While the percentage declines year-over-year (YoY) may be shocking to the uninformed, they were expected.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
My ideas around him were vague and uninformed, mostly of the stiff host tolerating the younger acts.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
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Brian Walsh, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Once the movie slows down, the uninformed are able to ease more readily into the plot of the film.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 22 Aug. 2025
While the percentage declines year-over-year (YoY) may be shocking to the uninformed, they were expected.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
My ideas around him were vague and uninformed, mostly of the stiff host tolerating the younger acts.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninformed
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But criticism quickly began to pile in on Chinese social media, where users denounced the advertising stunt as ignorant of the potential environmental impacts in a remote and pristine ecosystem.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
22 Sep. 2025
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The fact that multiple guests were ignorant of the CCP’s control over CGTN shows that booking agents working for the network may have failed to disclose such information.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Sep. 2025
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Oli, a Communist who began his political career as a tribune of the oppressed, seemed unaware of the anger that had accumulated around him.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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His sophomore feature is a sensual drama following young Luz and Pedro, who meet by chance at the olive oil mill but are unaware of the existence of Omar, who lies in the infirmary of the nearby monastery.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
21 Sep. 2025
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Pixels are flying from shelves as users embrace the AI generation, still oblivious to most of the privacy compromises implied in over-sharing with AI assistants operating in corporate data centers.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Back home, Arya is busy with her favorite search games and word play, oblivious to her superpower.—
Anirban Mukhopadhyay,
Scientific American,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Uninformed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninformed. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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