ill-informed

[ il-in-fawrmd ]

adjective

1. lacking adequate or proper knowledge or information, as in one particular subject or in a variety of subjects:

   The public is ill-informed of the danger.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ill-informed¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

The Hannity-esque delusion of a post-racial America is ill-informed at best and bigoted at worst.

From The Daily Beast

True, there certainly are plenty of ill-informed teenagers out there.

From The Daily Beast

Doing so does nothing except make the equality movement seem ill-informed.

From The Daily Beast

During the primaries, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum popped off with sour, ill-informed comments on race-related issues.

From The Daily Beast

Besides all the other problems, it's a very ill-informed thesis.

From The Daily Beast

I will not say that he never showed himself dogmatic and ill-informed, but he was no longer obtrusive and uncharitable.

From Project Gutenberg

However, though he claimed to belong to the partido of Montilla, he seemed very ill-informed about the country.

From Project Gutenberg

In general this writer is ill-informed of English affairs, and undeserving to be quoted as an authority.

From Project Gutenberg

We are but ill informed of the jumar, an animal said to be the produce of a cow and an ass, or a mare and a bull.

From Project Gutenberg

This was the remark of an ill-informed politician rather than of a Christian.

From Project Gutenberg