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ill-informed

ill-informed adjective: poorly informed; ignorant.

Adjective

ill-informed (comparative more ill-informed, superlative most ill-informed)

  1. Poorly informed; ignorant.
    • the ill-informed decision to close the hospital
    • The Southern Region takes, in the main, a candid line with its public. [...] An ill-informed attempt to blackguard the railway publicly is likely to see the complainant put politely—but very firmly—in his place.1962 August, “Let's have plain speaking”, in Modern Railways, page 73

Forms of ill-informed

comparativemore ill-informed
superlativemost ill-informed

Questions about ill-informed

What does ill-informed mean?
Ill-informed means poorly informed; ignorant.
What part of speech is ill-informed?
Ill-informed is an adjective.

Words near ill-informed in the dictionary

  1. ill-health
  2. ill-humor
  3. ill-humored
  4. ill-humors
  5. ill-humoured
  6. ill-informed
  7. ill-intentioned
  8. ill-judged
  9. ill-judgedly
  10. ill-kempt
  11. ill-lit

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