14
dark(adjective, ignorant, educated, overall, well-informed)
12
ignorant(adjective, knowledge, unfamiliar, unconscious, unknowing)
10
unenlightened(adjective, knowledge, innocent, ignorant, unfamiliar)
9
uneducated(adjective, knowledge, innocent, ignorant, unfamiliar)
9
illiterate(adjective, innocent, education, ignorant, unfamiliar)
9
unschooled(adjective, innocent, ignorant, unfamiliar, unconscious)
8
unlettered(adjective, innocent, ignorant, unfamiliar, unconscious)
8
untaught(adjective, innocent, ignorant, unfamiliar, unconscious)
7
uninstructed(adjective, ignorant, educated, overall, well-informed)
6
uninformed(adjective, innocent, ignorant, unfamiliar, unconscious)
6
unlearned(adjective, innocent, ignorant, unfamiliar, unconscious)
6
untutored(adjective, educated, overall, well-informed)
5
uncultured(adjective, innocent, ignorant, unfamiliar, unconscious)
4
backward(adjective, knowledge, unenlightened)
4
nighted
4
uncivilized(adjective, educated, overall, well-informed, unenlightened)
4
uncultivated(adjective, innocent, ignorant, unfamiliar, unconscious)
3
belated(adjective, ignorance)
3
in the dark(expression, adjective, idiom, innocent, unfamiliar)
3
primitive(adjective, knowledge, unenlightened)
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