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knowledgeless

knowledgeless adjective: devoid of knowledge; ignorant.

Adjective

knowledgeless (not comparable)

  1. Devoid of knowledge; ignorant.
    • The dissent of knowledge and the dissent of ignorance, though disunited, are becoming too powerful for your knowledgeless Church; and you, at last, have consented to speak of its necessary reform!1835, Richard Carlile, Church Reform, London: for the author, page 16
    • Ultimately and essentially there was only a luminous bliss, only a knowledgeless understanding, only union with unity in a limitless, undifferentiated awareness.1962, Aldous Huxley, chapter 15, in Island, New York: Bantam, published 1963, page 272

Origin of knowledgeless

From knowledge + -less.

Words formed from knowledgeless

Questions about knowledgeless

What does knowledgeless mean?
Knowledgeless means devoid of knowledge; ignorant.
What part of speech is knowledgeless?
Knowledgeless is an adjective.

Words near knowledgeless in the dictionary

  1. knowledgebase
  2. knowledgebases
  3. knowledged
  4. knowledgeful
  5. knowledgefully
  6. knowledgeless
  7. knowledgelessness
  8. knowledgelike
  9. knowledgemaxx
  10. knowledgemaxxed
  11. knowledgemaxxes

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