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ignorant
[ig-ner-uhnt]
adjective
lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned.
Although he was an ignorant man, he was very excited to learn.
Synonyms: , ,Antonyms:lacking knowledge or information as to a particular subject or fact.
I admit I'm entirely ignorant of quantum physics.
Synonyms:Antonyms:uninformed; unaware.
You'd have to be pretty ignorant not to have heard this news.
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
lacking in knowledge or education; unenlightened
lacking in awareness or knowledge (of)
ignorant of the law
resulting from or showing lack of knowledge or awareness
an ignorant remark
Confusables Note
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
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ignorant1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
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.
“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.
That's just ignorant smearing by someone who doesn't even know what habeas corpus is.
He's also extremely naive and ignorant, even after having already been president once.
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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