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# benighted

adjective (old use)

«benighted» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (old use) caught out in the dark, when night comes before you reach home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/benighted/#m1)
2. (old use) lacking knowledge or understanding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/benighted/#m2)

### In the lessons

in fairy tales a traveller is benighted in the forest and asks a hut-owner for shelter

### Examples

- I was benighted in the forest and had nowhere to sleep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/benighted/#x1)
- The poor tailor was benighted and begged for a place in the hut. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/benighted/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

in fairy tales a traveller is benighted in the forest and asks a hut-owner for shelter

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «benighted» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/benighted/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«benighted» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/benighted.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «benighted» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/benighted/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«benighted» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/benighted.html) on Mova free.