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German
Etymology
First attested around 1900, borrowed from Low German unbedarvd (“clumsy”), from Middle Low German unbederve, unbedarve (“weak, clumsy”), ultimately from Middle Low German bederven, bedarven (“to need, to require”).
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: un‧be‧darft
Adjective
unbedarft (strong nominative masculine singular unbedarfter, comparative unbedarfter, superlative am unbedarftesten)
- clueless
- Synonym: ahnungslos
- Er war literarisch ziemlich unbedarft. ― He was quite ignorant of literature.
- inexperienced
- unexperienced
- simple-minded, naive
- Synonyms: einfältig, naiv
- Er war ein äußerst unbedarfter Mensch. ― He was an extremely naive person.
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