Nescient (adj)
ness-ee-unt
Lacking knowledge; ignorant.
Late Middle English: from Latin nescient- ‘not knowing’, from the verb nescire, from ne- ‘not’ + scire ‘know’.
Example sentences
“He’s a nescient being and it makes him insecure.”
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