benighted

Adjective

• lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture
  • this benighted country
    
  • benighted ages of barbarism and superstition
    
  • the dark ages
    
  • a dark age in the history of education
    

• overtaken by night or darkness
  • benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  dark , nighted