# A word meaning non-prescient

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**Created:** [April 5, 2002, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-meaning-non-prescient/102037 "2002-04-05T18:11:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-meaning-non-prescient/102037/1 "2002-04-05T18:11:15Z")

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I am searching for a word that roughly means non-prescient. Prescient is defined on [www.dictionary.com](http://www.dictionary.com) as: Having knowledge of coming events. I’m looking for a word that can apply to those people who are so clueless that they don’t even know what’s going on now. e.g. Anyone who thought that Miss Cleo was actually a Jamacan shaman.

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**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2002, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-word-meaning-non-prescient/102037/2 "2002-04-05T18:13:24Z")

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Nescient.