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- DictionaryIg·no·rant/ˈiɡnərənt/
adjective
- 1. lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated: "he was told constantly that he was ignorant and stupid" Similar uneducatedunknowledgeableuntaughtunschooleduntutoreduntrainedilliterateunletteredunlearnedunreaduninformedunenlightenedunscholarlyunqualifiedbenightedbackwardinexperiencedunworldlyunsophisticatedunintelligentstupidsimpleempty-headedmindlessinformal:pig-ignorantthickairheadeddensedumbdimdopeywet behind the earsslow on the uptakedead from the neck upa brick short of a loadtwo sandwiches short of a picnicdozydivvydaftnot the full shilling(as) thick as two short planksglaikitchowderheadeddumb-assdotishdofrare:hebeteOpposite educatedknowledgeable
- ▪ lacking knowledge, information, or awareness about a particular thing: "they were ignorant of astronomy" Similar without knowledgeunawareunconsciousinsensibleunfamiliar withunacquainted withunconversant withinexperienced inuninitiated inblind tooblivious tonaive aboutinnocent aboutgreen abouta stranger touninformed aboutunenlightened aboutunschooled ininformal:in the dark aboutclueless aboutnot knowing the first thing aboutnot having the faintest aboutliterary:nescientstrange toOpposite knowledgeable about
- ▪ discourteous or rude: "this ignorant, pin-brained receptionist" Similar rudeimpoliteill-manneredbad-manneredunmannerlyungraciousdiscourteousinsensitiveuncivilill-humoredsurlysullenboorishoafishloutishcrudecoarsevulgargrossOpposite polite
- ▪ angry or quick-tempered: "she could be very ignorant and he had no intention of getting involved in an argument just now"
Word Origin late Middle English: via Old French from Latin ignorant- ‘not knowing’, from the verb ignorare (see ignore).
Derivatives
- 1. ignorantly adverb
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