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ignorant

[ig-ner-uhnt]

adjective

  1. lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned.

    Although he was an ignorant man, he was very excited to learn.

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  2. lacking knowledge or information as to a particular subject or fact.

    I admit I'm entirely ignorant of quantum physics.

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  3. uninformed; unaware.

    You'd have to be pretty ignorant not to have heard this news.

  4. due to or showing lack of knowledge or training.

    Everyone makes an ignorant statement or two when they're first starting out.



ignorant

/ ˈɪɡəəԳ /

adjective

  1. lacking in knowledge or education; unenlightened

  2. lacking in awareness or knowledge (of)

    ignorant of the law

  3. resulting from or showing lack of knowledge or awareness

    an ignorant remark

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Confusables Note

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ignorantly adverb
  • nonignorant adjective
  • nonignorantly adverb
  • quasi-ignorant adjective
  • quasi-ignorantly adverb
  • self-ignorant adjective
  • superignorant adjective
  • superignorantly adverb
  • unignorant adjective
  • unignorantly adverb
  • ˈԴǰԳٱ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ignorant1

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English ignora(u)nt, from Latin ōԳ-, stem of ōԲ “not knowing,” present participle of ō “to not know”; ignore ( def. ), -ant ( def. )
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Synonym Study

Ignorant, illiterate, unlettered, uneducated mean lacking in knowledge or in training. Ignorant may mean knowing little or nothing, or it may mean uninformed about a particular subject: An ignorant person can be dangerous. I confess I'm ignorant of mathematics. Illiterate originally meant lacking a knowledge of literature or similar learning, but is most often applied now to one unable to read or write: necessary training for illiterate soldiers. Unlettered emphasizes the idea of being without knowledge of literature: unlettered though highly trained in science. Uneducated refers especially to lack of schooling or to lack of access to a body of knowledge equivalent to that learned in schools: uneducated but highly intelligent. None of these words mean "lacking in intelligence."
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And yet, because he is perhaps the world’s most ignorant head of state, he seems to have suddenly realized that crippling the California economy might be bad politics for him.

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“The notion that this single office is responsible for preventing terrorism is not only incorrect, it’s ignorant,” spokesperson Abigail Jackson wrote in an email.

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That's just ignorant smearing by someone who doesn't even know what habeas corpus is.

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He's also extremely naive and ignorant, even after having already been president once.

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Jim McVeigh, professor of substance use and associated behaviours at Manchester Metropolitan University, said organisers' assurances about athletes' safety were "ignorant or deliberately misleading".

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