Benighted

bih-nahyt-ed

in a state of moral or intellectual ignorance; unenlightened.

“Staring at the questionable burger before me, I wondered if my benighted decision to eat at ‘Uncle Bob’s Discount Grill’ would be my last.”

Source: Dictionary.com

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