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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
Consider that Mahmoud Khalil, an anti-war protester and recent graduate of Columbia University, was arrested on a Saturday night by ICE agents who appeared ignorant of his status as a legal U.S. resident and his rights thereof.
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Nisha Whitehead, Orange County Register, 16 Mar. 2025
Until him, no U.S. president has been so ignorant of the lessons of history.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
Are these regular people really so ignorant as to how these games work?
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2025
Musk’s blind and ignorant closing of USAID has blacked out our billboard to the world of what America is about.
—Llewellyn King, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ignorant
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Look, the game is about first impressions and making decisions that are sort of uneducated.—
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Similar views applied to immigrants from southern and eastern Europe, whom many Americans regarded as poor, uneducated, and inferior.—
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And on the ground in Frankfurt, local airport staff seemed — at least initially — totally unaware of the situation.—
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The Trump administration's reversal of Social Security's overpayment policy could significantly strain beneficiaries who are often unaware of the overpayments.—
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The Page Turner sees the Page family consumed by the literary world — each in their own way — as its dark, foundational secret runs the risk of exposure.—
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Store green tea products in an airtight container in a cool, dry, dark place.—
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Around us, tanks hummed with activity—tiny creatures darting about, oblivious to the struggles of the people who had built this operation from the ground up.—
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A lot of Maryland residents who enjoy their summer at the ocean might be oblivious to how this change might affect their upcoming vacations.—
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People with phones don’t always have internet access, and many are illiterate.—
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The crowds who first flocked to view the tapestry, back in the 11th century, would largely have been illiterate and narrative hangings of this nature, with a mix of picture and text inscriptions, were a way to tell stories that everyone could follow.—
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And, of course, speedily deport those who misbehave. — George W. Price, Chicago Our benighted states The only renaming of place that is called for in this age of Donald Trump is the United States of America.—
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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.—
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His savage, untutored mind suggested no better way than that of wreaking vengeance upon those who had wronged him.—
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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.—
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Martha Stewart and Mila Kunis carried ones that looked like this simple option.—
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Murena Pixel Tablet Apps Switching away from Google's flavor of Android will always result in an app gap, and there's no simple way around it.—
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“Ignorant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ignorant. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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