1
as in uneducated
lacking in education or the knowledge gained from books
they may be poor, ignorant farmers, but they are not stupid
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as in unaware
not informed about or aware of something
he was ignorant of their wedding plans
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Recent Examples of ignorant
Confusing a congressional edict to end segregation with DEI policies that have no genesis in the Black Civil Rights movement to end Jim Crow is historically ignorant, disrespectful, and harmful to the urgent need to focus on resolving continuing racial inequalities in public education.
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Raymond Pierce, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Simone, still at the hospital, remains blissfully ignorant of Kiki’s vengeful turn.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 23 May 2025
Conservative media, once a proud home to voices like Charles Krauthammer, Jonah Goldberg, and Bill Kristol, now platforms ignorant Trump sycophants who have no use for conservative principles — or principles of any kind.
—S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 22 May 2025
Anyone who supports that agenda is either ignorant or pushing politics over people.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2025
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Raymond Pierce, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Simone, still at the hospital, remains blissfully ignorant of Kiki’s vengeful turn.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 23 May 2025
Conservative media, once a proud home to voices like Charles Krauthammer, Jonah Goldberg, and Bill Kristol, now platforms ignorant Trump sycophants who have no use for conservative principles — or principles of any kind.
—S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 22 May 2025
Anyone who supports that agenda is either ignorant or pushing politics over people.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ignorant
Adjective
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Still, despite the glut of legal graduates, his shift in focus was an unusual move for an ambitious young man in a country where farming is seen as a job for old, uneducated or poor people.—
Carmen Abd Ali,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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The Catholic Church openly collaborated with the Ustaše, whose support came largely from young men with rural, blue-collar, uneducated backgrounds.—
Larry Luxner,
Sun Sentinel,
5 May 2025
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Most Americans are unaware of the unprecedented threats that AI may pose.—
Brendan Steinhauser,
New York Daily News,
16 June 2025
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However, there is a major caveat that fans are often unaware of — players must become free agents within a transfer window in order to sign elsewhere outside of one.—
Steve Madeley,
New York Times,
16 June 2025
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The Republican president, on his 79th birthday, sat in a special viewing stand south of the White House to watch the display of American military might, which began early and moved swiftly as light rain fell and dark clouds shrouded the Washington Monument.—
LOLITA C. BALDOR,
Arkansas Online,
15 June 2025
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Its reversible design features dark stripes on one side made of 92 percent wool, 4 percent polyester, and 4 percent cotton, and the opposite side is made from 100 percent cotton in the solid natural color.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
15 June 2025
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But here’s the other risk: Chasers, especially novices, often stop abruptly on the side - or even middle - of a 70-mph highway, open their car doors to get out and cluelessly snap photos, oblivious to other chasers who may be barreling down behind them.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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There always seemed to be a little girl oblivious to everything but the cartoons.—
Mark Kriegel
June 4,
Literary Hub,
4 June 2025
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As of 2024, 21 percent of adults in the U.S. were found to be illiterate, with 54 percent of adults having a literacy rate below a sixth-grade level, according to the National Literacy Institute (NLI).—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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Vuong has told a strikingly similar anecdote about his late mother, like Rose an illiterate mixed-race Vietnamese immigrant who worked in a nail salon.—
Andrea Long Chu,
Vulture,
6 May 2025
Adjective
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Antony and Cleopatra’s benighted love story plays out against the surge of Roman power, and Caesar, sung with biting clarity by Paul Appleby, comes off as a modern Duce.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
13 May 2025
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In that benighted era, smart and beautiful women like Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield and Judy Holliday were perennially cast in jiggle roles: empty headed, screen-filling eye candy.—
Guy Trebay,
New York Times,
24 Mar. 2025
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No untutored voice, nor even sound of rushing car disturbed the seemingly sacred stillness of the hour.—
Erin Alberty,
Axios,
14 Apr. 2025
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His savage, untutored mind suggested no better way than that of wreaking vengeance upon those who had wronged him.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Feb. 2025
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For leaders, the takeaway is simple: let chaos strip the fluff away.—
Victoria Chynoweth,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2025
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While to some these screen-free devices may seem like a return to the early, simpler days of fitness trackers, Werring says the public is a bit more savvy than the step-counting obsessives of the 2010s.—
Andrew Williams,
Forbes.com,
17 June 2025
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“Ignorant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ignorant. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.
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