1
as in unfamiliarity
the state of being unaware or uninformed
ignorance of the law is no excuse
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as in illiteracy
the state of being unlearned
with such vast sums spent on education, the level of ignorance among graduating seniors is a national disgrace
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Recent Examples of ignorance
That is why the spirit of the most racist president in the last 125 years must be remembered so the hate and ignorance can never be repeated.
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Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2026
Mehdi Tafti, a neurophysiologist and a geneticist, said that the unsolved mystery of short sleepers reveals our ignorance about how sleep works.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
Fishback later winkingly professed ignorance about the word.
—Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2026
This shocking ignorance and insensitivity by Ocasio-Cortez should rule her out of any potential presidential bid or other high office.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 14 Feb. 2026
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Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 20 Feb. 2026
Mehdi Tafti, a neurophysiologist and a geneticist, said that the unsolved mystery of short sleepers reveals our ignorance about how sleep works.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
Fishback later winkingly professed ignorance about the word.
—Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2026
This shocking ignorance and insensitivity by Ocasio-Cortez should rule her out of any potential presidential bid or other high office.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 14 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ignorance
Noun
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The inexperience and unfamiliarity of playing with one another started to become less of an issue.—
Dean Spiros,
Twin Cities,
5 Mar. 2026
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Sprint speed ranked in the 95th percentile of MLB players helped Smith mitigate early unfamiliarity with reads and reactions off the bat in right field.—
Matt Kawahara,
Houston Chronicle,
24 Feb. 2026
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Their parents sign their names with trembling hands that carry the invisible weight of illiteracy.—
Joyeeta Banerjee,
NPR,
1 Mar. 2026
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The correlation between illiteracy and incarceration has been known for a long time.—
David Owen,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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Zeigler has always maintained his innocence and has filed many appeals in a case that has fascinated the public and led to television shows, books, documentaries and a variety of crime sleuths tossing up theories.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 Mar. 2026
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Piazzolla, however, maintains his innocence, and has appealed the case which is not fully resolved.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
9 Mar. 2026
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Any who show up are declaring their indelible stupidity and misogyny.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
24 Feb. 2026
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As to the famous fine line between stupid and clever, the stupidity and the cleverness are all but inextricable, and to the point.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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The initial photos or videos were ones of unawareness of what is about to go down.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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At the same time, Weinberger added, the greatest treatment obstacle is patients not taking their medications — sometimes due to anosognosia, the unawareness of being ill, which affects 50% to 98% of people with schizophrenia.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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Unlike its sibling concepts of dumbness and idiocy, stupidity isn’t really a personality trait.—
Jonny Thomson,
Big Think,
11 Feb. 2026
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Compare that to punk rock, which used dumbness as a tactic.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Neeson also uses his size and his vigilante-movie reputation to incredible effect, adapting more of a bull-in-a-china-shop energy than Leslie Nielsen’s previous cluelessness.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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With the exception of Howle’s fictional Thomas, the Brits, based on real-life figures, are represented here with an assortment of pomp, cluelessness, arrogance and cruelty, all of it smartly played and never cartoonish.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Nov. 2025
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There was no foolishness tolerated from him and, of course, Magic, his lieutenant.—
Broderick Turner,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Feb. 2026
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Don’t be afraid of the foolishness.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Ignorance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ignorance. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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