Ignoramus
noun
A person who does not know much, someone who lacks knowledge.
He dismissed his critics as ignoramuses who had no understanding of his work.
Often appears as...
- complete ignoramus
- dismiss someone as an ignoramus
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A person who does not know much, someone who lacks knowledge.
He dismissed his critics as ignoramuses who had no understanding of his work.
Often appears as...
- complete ignoramus
- dismiss someone as an ignoramus
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Often Pejorative
Usually used negatively to express disapproval of someone's lack of knowledge or education.
The committee treated him like an ignoramus because he hadn't done his homework.
Pro Tip 2/3Can Sound Arrogant
Calling someone an ignoramus might make you seem arrogant or conceited.
When she called him an ignoramus, it sounded more like arrogance than a factual description.
Pro Tip 3/3Use Sparingly
Because it's an insult, use it carefully to avoid offending people unintentionally.
Even if you think it’s true, calling your debate opponent an ignoramus isn't polite.
Pro Tip 1/3Often Pejorative
Usually used negatively to express disapproval of someone's lack of knowledge or education.
The committee treated him like an ignoramus because he hadn't done his homework.
Pro Tip 2/3Can Sound Arrogant
Calling someone an ignoramus might make you seem arrogant or conceited.
When she called him an ignoramus, it sounded more like arrogance than a factual description.
Pro Tip 3/3Use Sparingly
Because it's an insult, use it carefully to avoid offending people unintentionally.
Even if you think it’s true, calling your debate opponent an ignoramus isn't polite.
Pro Tip 1/3Often Pejorative
Usually used negatively to express disapproval of someone's lack of knowledge or education.
The committee treated him like an ignoramus because he hadn't done his homework.
Pro Tip 2/3Can Sound Arrogant
Calling someone an ignoramus might make you seem arrogant or conceited.
When she called him an ignoramus, it sounded more like arrogance than a factual description.
Pro Tip 3/3Use Sparingly
Because it's an insult, use it carefully to avoid offending people unintentionally.
Even if you think it’s true, calling your debate opponent an ignoramus isn't polite.
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Quote examples
Bill Goldberg
American Wrestler
If I wasn't prepared knowing every year there is a huge chance of a fire that will require me to evacuate my property, then I'm an ignoramus. If people at this point don't see that terrorism is a reality, and don't take steps to prepare themselves a little more than they were the day before, then they are also an irresponsible ignoramus.
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Jean-Luc Godard
French Director
When the Holocaust happened, I was 15 years old. My parents kept it a secret from me, despite belonging to the Red Cross. I only found out about it much later. Even today I still feel guilty, because I was an ignoramus between the age of 15 and 25. I am sorry I couldn't stand up for them.
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Sarah Silverman
American Comedian
I think I've been called edgy - but in all honesty, there is a safety in what I do because I'm always the idiot. Unless you're just listening to buzz words and not taking into account the context of the situation, you see I'm always the ignoramus.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
One of the reasons MSNBC is plummeting is that I, not long ago, refused to play any content from them. I figured, why? I mean, it's genuine depraved partisan politics insanity, genuine extremist radical ignoramuses on that network.
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William Shatner
Canadian Actor
I love technology. Matches, to light a fire, is really high tech. The wheel is really one of the great inventions of all time. Other than that, I am an ignoramus about technology.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
The cookie-cutter liberal, the standard operating procedure liberal, is really a giant ignoramus. I mean that seriously. They're really ignorant.
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Gretchen Carlson
American Journalist
I wanted to see how much of an insult it was to be called an ignoramus. I didn't know what it meant; I just Googled it.
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Mikhail Lermontov
Russian Poet
Happy people are ignoramuses and glory is nothing else but success, and to achieve it one only has to be cunning.
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Ray Comfort
New Zealander Clergyman
Only an unscientific ignoramus would hold to the thought that nothing created everything.
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Oriana Fallaci
Italian Journalist
You cannot govern, you cannot administrate, with an ignoramus.
Quote examples
Bill Goldberg
American Wrestler
If I wasn't prepared knowing every year there is a huge chance of a fire that will require me to evacuate my property, then I'm an ignoramus. If people at this point don't see that terrorism is a reality, and don't take steps to prepare themselves a little more than they were the day before, then they are also an irresponsible ignoramus.
Quote examples
Jean-Luc Godard
French Director
When the Holocaust happened, I was 15 years old. My parents kept it a secret from me, despite belonging to the Red Cross. I only found out about it much later. Even today I still feel guilty, because I was an ignoramus between the age of 15 and 25. I am sorry I couldn't stand up for them.
Quote examples
Sarah Silverman
American Comedian
I think I've been called edgy - but in all honesty, there is a safety in what I do because I'm always the idiot. Unless you're just listening to buzz words and not taking into account the context of the situation, you see I'm always the ignoramus.
Quote examples
Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
One of the reasons MSNBC is plummeting is that I, not long ago, refused to play any content from them. I figured, why? I mean, it's genuine depraved partisan politics insanity, genuine extremist radical ignoramuses on that network.
Quote examples
William Shatner
Canadian Actor
I love technology. Matches, to light a fire, is really high tech. The wheel is really one of the great inventions of all time. Other than that, I am an ignoramus about technology.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
The cookie-cutter liberal, the standard operating procedure liberal, is really a giant ignoramus. I mean that seriously. They're really ignorant.
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Gretchen Carlson
American Journalist
I wanted to see how much of an insult it was to be called an ignoramus. I didn't know what it meant; I just Googled it.
Quote examples
Mikhail Lermontov
Russian Poet
Happy people are ignoramuses and glory is nothing else but success, and to achieve it one only has to be cunning.
Quote examples
Ray Comfort
New Zealander Clergyman
Only an unscientific ignoramus would hold to the thought that nothing created everything.
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Oriana Fallaci
Italian Journalist
You cannot govern, you cannot administrate, with an ignoramus.
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