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Definition of Ignorant

1. Adjective. Uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication. "Exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions"

2. Adjective. Uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field. "He is musically illiterate"

3. Adjective. Unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge. "His rudeness was unwitting"

Definition of Ignorant

1. a. Destitute of knowledge; uninstructed or uninformed; untaught; unenlightened.

2. n. A person untaught or uninformed; one unlettered or unskilled; an ignoramous.

Definition of Ignorant

1. Adjective. Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance. ¹

2. Adjective. (slang) Ill-mannered, crude. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ignorant

1. having no knowledge [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ignorant

ignomies ignominies ignominious ignominiously ignominiousness ignominous ignominy ignomy ignorable ignorami

ignoramus ignoramuses ignorance ignorance is bliss ignorances ignorant (current term) ignorantest ignorantism ignorantisms ignorantist

ignorantists ignorantly ignorantness ignorantnesses ignorants ignoranus ignoranuses ignoratio elenchi ignoration ignorative

Literary usage of Ignorant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York by Daniel Defoe (1790)
"... and moft ignorant of pagans: and fo indeed we found it. We were now launched into the ... ignorant ..."

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