benighted

adjective

1. overtaken by night or darkness

- benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home

Similar word(s): unpunctual, nighted

2. lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture

- this benighted country

- benighted ages of barbarism and superstition

Similar word(s): unenlightened, dark

verb

1. (archaic)simple past tense and past participle of benight