Ignorant
adjective
Not knowing facts or information that you should know.
He was ignorant of the rules of the game.
Often appears as...
- ignorant of
- ignorant about
adjective
Lacking knowledge or awareness in general.
They were deeply ignorant about the modern world.
Often appears as...
- remain ignorant
- ignorant about
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Disapproving
adjective
Showing lack of knowledge or intelligence.
That was an ignorant remark to make.
Often appears as...
- ignorant remark
- ignorant behavior
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
adjective
Not knowing facts or information that you should know.
He was ignorant of the rules of the game.
Often appears as...
- ignorant of
- ignorant about
adjective
Lacking knowledge or awareness in general.
They were deeply ignorant about the modern world.
Often appears as...
- remain ignorant
- ignorant about
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Showing lack of knowledge or intelligence.
That was an ignorant remark to make.
Often appears as...
- ignorant remark
- ignorant behavior
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'ignorant of' when someone lacks knowledge about a specific subject or fact.
She remained ignorant of her legal rights.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensitive Usage
'Ignorant' can sound critical; use carefully to avoid offending someone.
He didn't intend to be ignorant of local customs; he was just new.
Pro Tip 3/3Collocations Usage
Combine 'ignorant' with 'about' to discuss a broad lack of knowledge on a topic.
They are ignorant about the effects of climate change.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'ignorant of' when someone lacks knowledge about a specific subject or fact.
She remained ignorant of her legal rights.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensitive Usage
'Ignorant' can sound critical; use carefully to avoid offending someone.
He didn't intend to be ignorant of local customs; he was just new.
Pro Tip 3/3Collocations Usage
Combine 'ignorant' with 'about' to discuss a broad lack of knowledge on a topic.
They are ignorant about the effects of climate change.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Use 'ignorant of' when someone lacks knowledge about a specific subject or fact.
She remained ignorant of her legal rights.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensitive Usage
'Ignorant' can sound critical; use carefully to avoid offending someone.
He didn't intend to be ignorant of local customs; he was just new.
Pro Tip 3/3Collocations Usage
Combine 'ignorant' with 'about' to discuss a broad lack of knowledge on a topic.
They are ignorant about the effects of climate change.
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Video examples
On being wrong PIPE Kathryn...
The first thing we usually do when someone disagrees with us is we just assume they're ignorant. They don't have access to the same information that we do, and when we generously share that information with them, they're going to see the light and come on over to our team.
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Taking care of the ocean...
clearly unparalleled treasures and we said we need to protect this when you are looking at the ocean which to ignorant eyes appears on the surface relatively undifferentiated but it's obviously a wildly variable beneath how do you choose the hope spots that you
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Inside the Tripper's...
you trust and you look at them and they look at you and they seem to be dangerous and truly ignorant you then can become paranoid which raises the fear level and which makes you terrified and hoping that it will be over and then it isn't over it was a terrible
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Our treatment of HIV has...
And most of these negative comments were passing remarks or assumptions. They would assume things about my sex life or my sex habits. They would assume I put myself or others at risk. But very often I would just be met with these passing ignorant remarks.
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Why our IQ levels are...
with the sophistication of the modern world is through politics, and sadly you can have humane moral principles, you can classify, you can use logic on abstractions, and if you're ignorant of history and of other countries, you can't do politics.
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Street Art Inspired by...
awareness on the topic of nature a lot of young people that I work with through in spray painting they don't really care about nature as such and a lot of people quite ignorant to it my artwork is the only thing I can do myself to help
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Your brain is more than...
we're going to keep pouring oil all over our mental engines and suffering the consequences now to begin to overcome our ignorant of the role of brain chemistry and brain circuitry it's helpful to work on what we biologists
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Bizarre Alien Life Forms...
could see creatures as big as whales or elephants actually flying not through the air but through this liquid like atmosphere I think we are currently ignorant actually about the real realistic diversity of life elsewhere
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Sheena Iyengar: The art...
it's their duty to protect those who don't know any better -- in this case, the ignorant gaijin -- from making the wrong choice. Let's face the way I wanted my tea was inappropriate according to cultural standards,
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Hunting for dinosaurs...
on clay tablets, the Earth's volumes remained inscrutable to humans. We were geologically illiterate, unaware of the antiquity of our own planet and ignorant of our connection to deep time.
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On being wrong PIPE Kathryn...
The first thing we usually do when someone disagrees with us is we just assume they're ignorant. They don't have access to the same information that we do, and when we generously share that information with them, they're going to see the light and come on over to our team.
Video examples
Taking care of the ocean...
clearly unparalleled treasures and we said we need to protect this when you are looking at the ocean which to ignorant eyes appears on the surface relatively undifferentiated but it's obviously a wildly variable beneath how do you choose the hope spots that you
Video examples
Inside the Tripper's...
you trust and you look at them and they look at you and they seem to be dangerous and truly ignorant you then can become paranoid which raises the fear level and which makes you terrified and hoping that it will be over and then it isn't over it was a terrible
Video examples
Our treatment of HIV has...
And most of these negative comments were passing remarks or assumptions. They would assume things about my sex life or my sex habits. They would assume I put myself or others at risk. But very often I would just be met with these passing ignorant remarks.
Video examples
Why our IQ levels are...
with the sophistication of the modern world is through politics, and sadly you can have humane moral principles, you can classify, you can use logic on abstractions, and if you're ignorant of history and of other countries, you can't do politics.
Video examples
Street Art Inspired by...
awareness on the topic of nature a lot of young people that I work with through in spray painting they don't really care about nature as such and a lot of people quite ignorant to it my artwork is the only thing I can do myself to help
Video examples
Your brain is more than...
we're going to keep pouring oil all over our mental engines and suffering the consequences now to begin to overcome our ignorant of the role of brain chemistry and brain circuitry it's helpful to work on what we biologists
Video examples
Bizarre Alien Life Forms...
could see creatures as big as whales or elephants actually flying not through the air but through this liquid like atmosphere I think we are currently ignorant actually about the real realistic diversity of life elsewhere
Video examples
Sheena Iyengar: The art...
it's their duty to protect those who don't know any better -- in this case, the ignorant gaijin -- from making the wrong choice. Let's face the way I wanted my tea was inappropriate according to cultural standards,
Video examples
Hunting for dinosaurs...
on clay tablets, the Earth's volumes remained inscrutable to humans. We were geologically illiterate, unaware of the antiquity of our own planet and ignorant of our connection to deep time.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Gavin Esler
Scottish Journalist
Americans, apparently, either do nothing about the world's problems, in which case they are ignorant and isolationist, selfish and gutless, or they try to do something about the world's problems, in which case they are arrogant and naive, greedy and bullying.
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H. L. Mencken
American Writer
I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.
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Giacomo Casanova
Italian Celebrity
I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of introducing it into the minds which were ignorant of its charms.
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Jordan Peterson
Canadian Psychologist
Life is tragic. You are tiny and flawed and ignorant and weak, and everything else is huge, complex, and overwhelming.
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Flea
Australian Musician
I was raised to think that rock was music for ignorant people who didn't think for themselves.
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Grantland Rice
American Journalist
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
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Jean de La Fontaine
French Poet
Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.
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Will Sasso
Canadian Actor
I think it's important as an actor to stay really ignorant.
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Cesare Lombroso
Italian Psychologist
The ignorant man always adores what he cannot understand.
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Gavin Esler
Scottish Journalist
Americans, apparently, either do nothing about the world's problems, in which case they are ignorant and isolationist, selfish and gutless, or they try to do something about the world's problems, in which case they are arrogant and naive, greedy and bullying.
Quote examples
H. L. Mencken
American Writer
I believe that it is better to tell the truth than a lie. I believe it is better to be free than to be a slave. And I believe it is better to know than to be ignorant.
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Giacomo Casanova
Italian Celebrity
I have always loved truth so passionately that I have often resorted to lying as a way of introducing it into the minds which were ignorant of its charms.
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Jordan Peterson
Canadian Psychologist
Life is tragic. You are tiny and flawed and ignorant and weak, and everything else is huge, complex, and overwhelming.
Quote examples
Flea
Australian Musician
I was raised to think that rock was music for ignorant people who didn't think for themselves.
Quote examples
Grantland Rice
American Journalist
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows the public opinion.
Quote examples
Jean de La Fontaine
French Poet
Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.
Quote examples
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.
Quote examples
Will Sasso
Canadian Actor
I think it's important as an actor to stay really ignorant.
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Cesare Lombroso
Italian Psychologist
The ignorant man always adores what he cannot understand.
Example 1 of 10
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