benighted

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Their [our current interrogators (sic)] humanity is not one whit less than the self-benighted* WWII vets, and it is disrespectful for theses (sic) folks to imply otherwise.

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  1. adjective Overtaken by night or darkness.
  2. adjective Being in a state of moral or intellectual darkness; unenlightened.

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  • At night the metropolis was “brilliantly illuminated”—at least so thought those poor, benighted, ante-electrical-light Londoners—and a grand state ball was given in St. James' Palace. —  Queen Victoria, Her Girlhood And Womanhood
  • Horrid beyond words to think of being benighted, and hearing perhaps a footstep following her in the dark as Mercer had followed her this morning. —  The Case is Closed - Patricia Wentworth - Miss Silver 02: 1937
  • And you have to take every little scrap of relief you can get in benighted (and be-knighted) slap down Lib Dem Sir Smith Rochdale. —  Labour of Love
  • What does the swindling of financially benighted, sometimes greedy, and even gullible American homeowners have to do with collateral used by mysterious funds which promise outsized returns to the incredibly wealthy? —  Dollars & Sense blog
  • Their [our current interrogators (sic)] humanity is not one whit less than the self-benighted* WWII vets, and it is disrespectful for theses (sic) folks to imply otherwise. —  The Democratic Daily
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