Meanings
- uncountableThe quality of being instructed.
It is better in material, far better; in its instructedness in the methods of using that material and, speaking generally, of accomplishing its mission it is incomparably advanced; […]
1921, United States Naval Institute Proceedings, page 15171 more example
It is true; and we believe few errors are greater than that of the religious teachers who thus suit their words, whether written or spoken, to the ignorance rather than the instructedness of their audience.
1860, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, volume 62, page 233
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