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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: untaught, untutored, uninstructed
Antonyms: literate
- lacking knowledge or information as to a particular subject or fact:
I admit I'm entirely ignorant of quantum physics.
Synonyms: unenlightened
Antonyms: learned
- 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
/ ˈɪɡnərənt /
adjective
- lacking in knowledge or education; unenlightened
- postpositiveoften foll byof lacking in awareness or knowledge (of)
ignorant of the law
- resulting from or showing lack of knowledge or awareness
an ignorant remark
Confusables Note
Derived Forms
- ˈignorantly, adverb
Other Words From
- ig·no·rant·ly adverb
- non·ig·no·rant adjective
- non·ig·no·rant·ly adverb
- qua·si-ig·no·rant adjective
- qua·si-ig·no·rant·ly adverb
- self-ig·no·rant adjective
- su·per·ig·no·rant adjective
- su·per·ig·no·rant·ly adverb
- un·ig·no·rant adjective
- un·ig·no·rant·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of ignorant1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
They must be really ignorant in Europe if they think that the next Russian president will be better.
And there are those who are happily ignorant, and prefer to remain that way.
And survey after survey proves an embarrassingly high percentage of Americans are largely ignorant of how our government works.
Some call this HIV anxiety ignorant, and argue that protocols on both sides of the industry are efficient in their own ways.
Just like Watson, Ansari is daring to elicit antagonism and ignorant accusations on account of his feminist beliefs.
But he was ignorant of that part of the horrid tale; and the Duke, in a milder voice, bade him rise.
His wife was ignorant of the cause of his staying out so long, and suffered greatly from anxiety about his welfare.
What children they were with their simple unmorality of artists, as ignorant of the real world as babes in a wood!
Reginald never spoke to her of such things; perhaps she was too ignorant to understand.
I am so young and inexperienced, and so ignorant of agricultural matters, I should make a poor farmer.
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