un·in·struct·ed

[uhn-in-struhk-tid]
adjective
1.
not instructed; uninformed; uneducated.
2.
(of a person acting in a representative capacity) not furnished with orders on how to proceed or vote; uncommitted: uninstructed convention delegates.

Origin:
1590–1600; un-1 + instruct + -ed2

un·in·struct·ed·ly, adverb
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uninstructed

adjective
lacking information or instruction; "lamentably unenlightened as to the laws" 
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Uninstructed is always a great word to know.
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
Example sentences
These effects were maintained over time for story writing and generalized to a third uninstructed genre, informative writing.
People uninstructed in any religion are ready to embrace the first that offers.
Your broker will continue, therefore, to retain discretion to vote uninstructed shares in director elections for these companies.
Though the art-lecture aspect of it may be glib and superficial in the main, it is enough to enlighten the uninstructed.
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