in ignorance of

phrase

: without knowing

Their decisions were made in ignorance of the true nature of the situation.

Examples of in ignorance of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

My sister, in ignorance of the rift, had told him that our nieces were coming to town. — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 5 July 2025

My sister, in ignorance of the rift, told him that our nieces were coming to town. — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2025

Some people will respond negatively to this fact about you, in most cases because of fear, much of it ill-founded and based in ignorance of the disease. — Damon Linker, The Week, 21 Dec. 2021

To educate them in human hatred is more disastrous to them than to the hated; to seek to raise them in ignorance of their racial identity and peculiar situation is inadvisable—impossible. — Anna Holmes, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2021

But while Princeton honored Wilson despite or perhaps even in ignorance of his views, that is part of the problem, Eisgruber said. — Emily Wagster, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2020

Though heroic, Kirk’s final act was in ignorance of a powerful ally who could have saved the Enterprise unharmed—the humble water bear. — Kyle Hill, Discover Magazine, 31 May 2013

Rhymes for in ignorance of

• above
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• hereof
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• dove
• glove
• love
• shove
• hereinabove