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nescient

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Main Entry: nescient
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: ignorant

Synonyms:

apprenticed, benighted, birdbrained, blind to, cretinous, dense, green*, illiterate, imbecilic, in the dark, inexperienced, innocent, insensible, mindless, misinformed, moronic, naive, oblivious, obtuse, shallow, thick, unconscious, unconversant, uncultivated, uncultured, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed, uninitiated, uninstructed, unintellectual, unknowledgeable, unlearned, unlettered, unmindful, unread, unschooled, unsuspecting, untaught, untrained, unwitting, witless
Notes: prescient is having foreknowledge, parviscient is having little knowledge, and nescient is lacking or disclaiming knowledge
Main Entry: ignorant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unaware, unknowing

Synonyms:

apprenticed, benighted, birdbrained, blind to, cretinous, dense, green*, illiterate, imbecilic, in the dark, inexperienced, innocent, insensible, mindless, misinformed, moronic, naive, nescient, oblivious, obtuse, shallow, thick, unconscious, unconversant, uncultivated, uncultured, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed, uninitiated, unintellectual, unknowledgeable, unlearned, unlettered, unmindful, unread, unschooled, unsuspecting, untaught, untrained, unwitting, witless
Notes: stupid refers to lack of ability while ignorant refers to lack of knowledge

Antonyms:

aware, competent, educated, intelligent, knowledgeable, literate, talented, wise
Main Entry: unaware
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: ignorant

Synonyms:

blind, careless, caught napping, daydreaming, deaf, deaf to, doped, forgetful, heedless, in a daze, inattentive, incognizant, inconversant, insensible, mooning, negligent, nescient, not all there, not cognizant, oblivious, out cold, out of it, out to lunch, spacey, unacquainted, unconcerned, unconscious, unenlightened, unfamiliar, uninformed, uninstructed, unknowing, unmindful, unsuspecting, unwitting

Antonyms:

aware, cognizant, informed, knowing, suspicious
Main Entry: untrained
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not trained

Synonyms:

amateurish, green, ignorant, illiterate, inexperienced, inexpert, nescient, novice, raw, uncultivated, undisciplined, uneducated, unprepared, unqualified, unskilled, untamed, untaught, untutored, wild

Antonyms:

trained
Main Entry: uninstructed
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: ignorant

Synonyms:

apprenticed, benighted, birdbrained, blind to, cretinous, dense, green*, illiterate, imbecilic, in the dark, inexperienced, innocent, insensible, mindless, misinformed, moronic, naive, nescient, oblivious, obtuse, shallow, thick, unconscious, unconversant, uncultivated, uncultured, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed, uninitiated, unintellectual, unknowledgeable, unlearned, unlettered, unmindful, unread, unschooled, unsuspecting, untaught, untrained, unwitting, witless
Main Entry: unscholarly
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: ignorant

Synonyms:

apprenticed, benighted, birdbrained, blind to, cretinous, dense, green*, illiterate, imbecilic, in the dark, inexperienced, innocent, insensible, mindless, misinformed, moronic, naive, nescient, oblivious, obtuse, shallow, thick, unconscious, unconversant, uncultivated, uncultured, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed, uninitiated, unintellectual, unknowledgeable, unlearned, unlettered, unmindful, unread, unschooled, unstudious, unsuspecting, untaught, untrained, unwitting, witless
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