Benighted Definition
bĭ-nītĭd
adjective
Overtaken by night or darkness.
American Heritage
Caught or surrounded by darkness or night.
Webster's New World
Being in a state of moral or intellectual darkness; unenlightened.
American Heritage
Intellectually or morally backward; unenlightened.
Webster's New World
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verb
Simple past tense and past participle of benight.
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