unknowledgeable

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adjective

Lacking knowledge: ignorant, naive, or both.

Similar
uninformedbenightedcimmeriancluelessfoolishignorantill-informedilliterate
Opposite
knowledgeablenonignorantunignorantinformed
OriginEnglish knowledgeable ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunknowledgeable (comparative more unknowledgeable, superlative most unknowledgeable)

comparative more unknowledgeable · superlative most unknowledgeable

  1. Lacking knowledge: ignorant, naive, or both.

    Synonyms: uninformed, benighted, cimmerian, clueless, foolish, ignorant, ill-informed, illiterate · Antonyms: knowledgeable, nonignorant, unignorant, informed

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveLacking knowledge: ignorant, naive, or both.

Similar
uninformedbenightedcimmeriancluelessfoolishignorantill-informedilliterateinnocentlack-learninglaylewdlorelessnescientobliviousphilistinetenebroseunawareuncultivateduncultured
Opposite
knowledgeablenonignorantunignorantinformed

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveunaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge

Similar
ignorantunknowingunwittinguninformed
Also see
ignorantuninformedunknowingunwitting

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishknowledge
  9. Englishknowledgeable
  10. Englishunknowledgeable

From un- + knowledgeable.

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Chicago

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