adjective
- lacking knowledge or awareness; ignorant
Usage: formal; literary
Examples
- The nescient tourist wandered into the restricted area without realizing the danger.
- His nescient remarks about the culture revealed his lack of research.
- She remained nescient of the company’s financial troubles until the layoffs began.
- The professor criticized the nescient assumptions in the student’s thesis.
- Their nescient approach to investing led to significant losses.
- He spoke with nescient confidence about topics he barely understood.