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
Try being a better human instead of broadcasting this ignorant s---.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 June 2025
Consequently, many of those enslaved in Texas remained ignorant of the proclamation’s potential impact on their lives, or of the fact the Civil War had functionally ended two months earlier.
—Timothy Welbeck, The Conversation, 16 June 2025
Careless or ignorant reporting has obscured objective reality.
—Nicholas Dimarzio, New York Daily News, 13 June 2025
The former Fox host Tucker Carlson, who opposed such an operation, sparred with two boosters: the current Fox host Mark Levin, and the Republican senator Ted Cruz, whom Carlson revealed to be ignorant of basic facts about Iran in a clip that went viral.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 27 June 2025
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 June 2025
Consequently, many of those enslaved in Texas remained ignorant of the proclamation’s potential impact on their lives, or of the fact the Civil War had functionally ended two months earlier.
—Timothy Welbeck, The Conversation, 16 June 2025
Careless or ignorant reporting has obscured objective reality.
—Nicholas Dimarzio, New York Daily News, 13 June 2025
The former Fox host Tucker Carlson, who opposed such an operation, sparred with two boosters: the current Fox host Mark Levin, and the Republican senator Ted Cruz, whom Carlson revealed to be ignorant of basic facts about Iran in a clip that went viral.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 27 June 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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They are bound to be unaware of their habit-forming training, which is simply a consequence of their working routinely with AI. Unsettling, for sure.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Rice was apparently unaware that a few hours earlier, at 1:14 A.M., the Austin-San Antonio office of the National Weather Service had sent a flash-flood warning for south-central Kerr County.—
John Seabrook,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
Adjective
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Transformed into a swan by the evil sorcerer Rothbart, Odette and Siegfried's love faces an impossible battle against dark forces.—
Maggie Menderski,
The Courier-Journal,
22 July 2025
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Based on the video game of the same name created by Scott Cawthon, the 2023 film follows a night guard (Josh Hutcherson) who takes a job at a decrepit pizzeria, discovering that the animatronic characters in the restaurant come to life after dark.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
21 July 2025
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By that point, both twins had passed out, though Joy is oblivious to any issue at this stage.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 July 2025
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Altuve isn’t oblivious to his place on the leaderboard.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
4 July 2025
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His attorney argued in court that those statements were made in violation of his constitutional rights, saying Garcia-Gutierrez is illiterate and unable to read Spanish or English.—
Quinlan Bentley,
The Enquirer,
11 July 2025
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The majority of members belonging to Generation Z are financially illiterate.—
Hersh Shefrin,
Forbes.com,
6 July 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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Looking for their environmental DNA in scales, slime or skin cells that living beings shed all the time is a simpler way, Workman said.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
24 July 2025
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This involves flexible decision making beyond simple automation.—
Ian Gotts,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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“Ignorant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ignorant. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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