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Recent Examples of ignorance His belief that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) could cut a trillion dollars in federal spending demonstrated a fundamental misunderstanding of budget realities, just as his third-party proposal reveals ignorance of electoral mechanics. Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 July 2025 The bill is symbolic of the mindset of past centuries, when wolves were killed out of ignorance and unfounded fear. Jim Martin, Denver Post, 27 June 2025 Those who get their disinformation from Fox, One America News Network and Newsmax will remain clueless and continue to suffer the consequences of their ignorance. Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 July 2025 As Zora, Johansson is at least high-energy, yet her spirited line deliveries don’t make up for her character’s almost distressing ignorance of the dangers around her. David Sims, The Atlantic, 4 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for ignorance
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Noun
  • The combination of financial illiteracy and problematic money management leads many to be unaware of the ticking time bombs which underlie their financial circumstances.
    Hersh Shefrin, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
  • The Black illiteracy rate in Texas was pegged at 75.4 percent.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • In response to the findings, Wallace issued a statement expressing regret while maintaining his innocence on the most serious allegations.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 July 2025
  • After maintaining his innocence for more than two years, on July 2, Kohberger admitted to the quadruple killings in court and pleaded guilty to all counts.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, doubling down on stupidity, the Democrats attacked Trump for eliminating—or at least setting back—Iran’s capacity to complete construction and delivery of nuclear bombs.
    Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 4 July 2025
  • That’s either extreme confidence or extraordinary stupidity, or some combination.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2025
Noun
  • Much odder is that red states aren’t taking the blue states up on an arrangement that to some degree erects a fence around economic foolishness.
    John Tamny, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
  • Such utter foolishness, by another blind leading the blind, liberal democrat.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 10 June 2025
Noun
  • But this time her nescience was justified.
    Matthew Continetti, National Review, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Critics pounced on his gaffes questioning evolution and asserting that vegetation caused pollution, but, as with Trump, Reagan’s backers cared little about these blunders or his nescience over public affairs.
    Washington Post, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2020

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