benighted

IPA: bɪnˈaɪtɪd

(obsolete or poetic) Overtaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination.
(obsolete) Plunged into darkness.
(figuratively) Lacking education or knowledge; unenlightened; also, lacking morality; immoral, unscrupulous.
(figuratively, obsolete) Difficult to understand; abstruse, obscure.

Examples of "benighted" in Sentences

The benighted village had no electricity and relied on candlelight to see in the darkness
The young man felt benighted in his unfamiliar surroundings, unable to find his way in the maze of streets
The benighted traveler stumbled through the thick fog, unable to see more than a few feet in front of him
The benighted peasants lived in poverty and ignorance, never straying far from their isolated village
She was benighted by her sheltered upbringing, unaware of the hardships faced by those less fortunate