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ignorant

  (ĭg'nər-ənt) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Lacking education or knowledge.
  2. Showing or arising from a lack of education or knowledge: an ignorant mistake.
  3. Unaware or uninformed.

[Middle English ignoraunt, from Old French ignorant, from Latin ignōrāns, ignōrant-, present participle of ignōrāre, to be ignorant, not to know.]

ignorantly ig'no·rant·ly adv.
 
 
Thesaurus: ignorant

adjective

  1. Without education or knowledge: illiterate, nescient, uneducated, uninstructed, unlearned, unschooled, untaught. See knowledge/ignorance.
  2. Exhibiting lack of education or knowledge: backward, benighted, primitive, unenlightened. See knowledge/ignorance.
  3. Not aware or informed: innocent, oblivious, unacquainted, unaware, unconscious, unenlightened, unfamiliar, uninformed, unknowing, unwitting. Idioms: in the dark. See knowledge/ignorance.

 
Antonyms: ignorant

adj

Definition: unaware, unknowing
Antonyms: aware, competent, educated, intelligent, knowledgeable, literate, talented, wise


 
Word Tutor: ignorant
pronunciation

IN BRIEF: adj. - Uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; Uneducated in general; Unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge.

pronunciation Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn. — Benjamin Franklin

 
Translations: Translations for: Ignorant

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - uvidende

Nederlands (Dutch)
onwetend, zich niet bewust van, dom

Français (French)
adj. - ignorant de, ignorant, qui manque d'éducation, d'(un) ignorant (un comportement), qui trahit l'ignorance

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unwissend, ungebildet

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αμαθής, αγνοών, αδαής, ανύποπτος, ανίδεος

Italiano (Italian)
ignorante

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - ignorante

Русский (Russian)
невежественный, несведущий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - ignorante

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - okunnig, ovetande

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
无知识的, 幼稚的, 不知道的

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 無知識的, 幼稚的, 不知道的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 무지한, 실례의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 無知な, 礼儀を知らない, 知らない, 気づかない, 無学の, 無知の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) جاهل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮בור, הנובע מאי-ידיעה, של בור, לא-יודע‬


 
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