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as in uneducated
lacking in education or the knowledge gained from books
they may be poor, ignorant farmers, but they are not stupid
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as in unaware
not informed about or aware of something
he was ignorant of their wedding plans
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Recent Examples of ignorant
After Trump win, Sharon Stone blasts 'ignorant, arrogant' Americans.
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Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
The book goes out of its way to identify enemies: health-care workers, ignorant friends, sexist academics, rude strangers.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
Other reasons workers may not open up include fears about job security, being passed over for promotions, negative impacts on reputation, privacy concerns and a lack of support from colleagues who are ignorant of mental health issues.
—Pedro Canahuati, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Donald Trump, so ignorant of the past and so careless about the future, is a present-tense kind of candidate.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
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Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
The book goes out of its way to identify enemies: health-care workers, ignorant friends, sexist academics, rude strangers.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
Other reasons workers may not open up include fears about job security, being passed over for promotions, negative impacts on reputation, privacy concerns and a lack of support from colleagues who are ignorant of mental health issues.
—Pedro Canahuati, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Donald Trump, so ignorant of the past and so careless about the future, is a present-tense kind of candidate.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ignorant
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So Americans who don't travel, who 80 percent don't have a passport, who are uneducated, are in their extraordinary naivete.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
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So, Americans who don’t travel, who 80 percent don’t have a passport, who are uneducated, are in their extraordinary naïveté.James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Nov. 2024
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They are huddled together in these pictures, unaware that 25 years down the line, their collective energy would be palpable off the page.Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 10 Dec. 2024
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The catalog for an exhibition of the same title at the Museum of Modern Art, which runs through January 11, 2025, contains some of Frank’s classic photographs—a portrait of Beat writer Jack Kerouac typing away at a typewriter, seemingly unaware of the camera, and New York City street scenes.Donny Bajohr, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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The user posted the images and videos, including an image of a light in the sky, and several videos that appear to be shot from a plane cabin, but are very dark.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Editors and dermatologists alike love it for its fine line–smoothing powers, along with its ability to dramatically lighten dark spots caused by sun damage.Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 11 Dec. 2024
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More often than not, companies today are oblivious to encryption as a data security tool and are content to use perimeter security measures like firewalls, monitoring and multifactor authentication to guard against would-be adversaries.Ameesh Divatia, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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The band members are by no means oblivious to the seismic momentum of Beatlemania, becoming virtual prisoners at New York’s Plaza Hotel as it’s surrounded by a mob of screaming fans.David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Nov. 2024
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India was a poor and illiterate nation, torn apart by caste and religion and encumbered by centuries of custom and tradition.Madhav Khosla, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2020
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There are also fart jokes, piss-drinking, illiterate hobo pirates, and Missi Pyle with a unibrow and fangs, all of which still go straight to the comedy jugular 20 years after the film’s release.Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
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And this is just a small sampling of the kind of far-right legal reasoning that routinely escapes this benighted court.Ian Millhiser, Vox, 25 Sep. 2024
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In its 50th anniversary year, the storied fantasy role-playing game is now making a long-overdue, and noteworthy, correction to its scientifically benighted treatment of race.Steven Dashiell, Scientific American, 31 July 2024
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To an untutored lurker, the whole thing seemed like … a frickin’ ballet, or some less dainty choreography, a headlong dance of astounding precision.Jody Rosen, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
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Blessed with a harsh, untutored, yet inimitably soulful voice, MacGowan forged a blend of traditional Irish folk music and punk rock that was later mimicked outright by bands the Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly, and left a clear influence on acts such as Gogol Bordello and Mumford and Sons.Andrew Barker, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
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The equation is simple: The more authoritarianism in the world, the more dissidents.Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
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That’s right—a process that can involve doctors’ visits, insurance claims, and out-of-pocket costs was as simple as buying Band-Aids or shampoo or batteries.Jasmine Browley, Allure, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Ignorant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ignorant. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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