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- Dictionaryignorant/ˈɪɡnərənt/
adjective
- 1. lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated: "he was told constantly that he was ignorant and stupid" Similar Opposite
- 2. discourteous or rude: informal "this ignorant, pin-brained receptionist" Similar Opposite
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having no knowledge or awareness of something or of things in general: We were very young, ignorant, unskilled men. ignorance. noun [ U ] us / ˈɪɡ·nər·əns / You have to assume that incoming students have an almost total ignorance of the rules of grammar.
The meaning of IGNORANT is destitute of knowledge or education; also : lacking knowledge or comprehension of the thing specified. How to use ignorant in a sentence. The Polite and Not-So-Polite Uses of Ignorant Synonym Discussion of Ignorant.
having no knowledge or awareness of something or of things in general: We were very young, ignorant, unskilled men. ignorance. noun [ U ] us / ˈɪɡ·nər·əns / You have to assume that incoming students have an almost total ignorance of the rules of grammar.
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.
If you refer to someone as ignorant, you mean that they do not know much because they are not well educated. If someone is ignorant of a fact, they do not know it.
Definition of ignorant adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. Lacking education or knowledge. 2. Showing or arising from a lack of education or knowledge: an ignorant mistake. 3. Unaware or uninformed: was ignorant of the drug's harmful effects.