adjective
1. : overtaken by darkness or night
benighted travelers … have seen his midnight candle glimmering — W.B.Yeats
2. : in a state of intellectual, moral, or social darkness : unenlightened
to some benighted souls even antiquarians seem peculiar — Antiques
how long have you been in this benighted country — Charles Beadle
• be·night·ed·ness noun -es