ignorant adj

1 lacking general education or knowledge; "an ignorant man"; "nescient of contemporary literature"; "an unlearned group incapable of understanding complex issues"; "exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions" [syn: nescient, unenlightened, unlearned, unlettered]

2 ignorant of the fundamentals of a given art or branch of knowledge; "ignorant of quantum mechanics"; "musically illiterate" [syn: illiterate]

3 lacking basic knowledge; "how can someone that age be so ignorant?"; "inexperienced and new to the real world" [syn: inexperienced]

4 used of things; lacking sense or awareness; "ignorant hope"; "fine innocent weather" [syn: innocent]

5 lacking knowledge or skill; "unversed in the jargon of the social scientist" [syn: unversed] [ant: versed]

6 lacking information or knowledge; "an unknowledgeable assistant" [syn: unknowledgeable, unknowing, unwitting]

English

Pronunciation

Adjective

1. Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.
2. Ill-mannered, crude.

   His manner was at best off-hand, at worst totally ignorant.

Related terms

• ignorable
• ignoramus
• ignorance
• ignore

Translations

• ttbc Spanish: inculto

Dutch

Adjective

1. ignorant

French

Verb

ignorant

German

Adjective

1. ignorant

Ignorance is the condition of being uninformed or uneducated, lacking knowledge or information. It may also refer to:

• Avijja, ignorance as a concept in Buddhism
• Ignorance (album), a Sacred Reich album
• Ignorance (band), a thrash-funk metal band
• Ignorance (novel), a Czech novel
• Pluralistic ignorance, a concept in social psychology
• Rational ignorance, a concept in epistemology
• Vincible ignorance, a moral or doctrinal matter in Catholic ethics that could have been removed by diligence reasonable to the circumstancess

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