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  • 21ignorant — [adj] unaware, unknowing apprenticed, benighted, birdbrained*, blind to*, cretinous, dense, green*, illiterate, imbecilic, inexperienced, innocent, insensible, in the dark*, mindless, misinformed, moronic, naive, nescient, oblivious, obtuse,… …

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  • 22IGNORANT — ANTE. adj. Qui est sans lettres, sans étude, qui n a point de savoir. Être ignorant. Il est extrêmement ignorant. Elle est ignorante au dernier point. Tous ces peuples là sont très ignorants. Il a le sens droit, mais du reste il est fort ignorant …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 23ignorant — 01. I am quite [ignorant] of my own country s history, and sometimes it is embarrassing. 02. Discrimination is usually based on [ignorance] of other cultures or lifestyles. 03. There is a lot of [ignorance] and misinformation about AIDS which… …

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  • 24IGNORANT, ANTE — adj. Qui n’est pas instruit de certaines choses, qui ignore certaines choses. Il sait beaucoup de choses, mais il est fort ignorant en géographie. Il est ignorant sur ces matières là, en ces matières là, de ces matières là. C’est un homme fort… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 25ignorant — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, feel, seem, sound ▪ act ▪ I decided to continue acting ignorant, just to make fun of her. ▪ …

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  • 26ignorant — ig|no|rant [ˈıgnərənt] adj 1.) not knowing facts or information that you ought to know ▪ an ignorant and uneducated man ignorant of ▪ Political historians are often rather ignorant of economics. ignorant about ▪ Many school leavers are ignorant… …

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  • 27ignorant — ignorantly, adv. ignorantness, n. /ig neuhr euhnt/, adj. 1. lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man. 2. lacking knowledge or information as to a particular subject or fact: ignorant of quantum physics. 3. uninformed; unaware …

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  • 28ignorant — [[t]ɪ̱gnərənt[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ of/about n If you describe someone as ignorant, you mean that they do not know things they should know. If someone is ignorant of a fact, they do not know it. People don t like to ask questions for fear… …

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  • 29ignorant — adjective 1) the plight of these ignorant children should be an international concern Syn: uneducated, unknowledgeable, untaught, unschooled, untutored, untrained, illiterate, unlettered, unlearned, unread, uninformed, unenlightened, benighted;… …

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  • 30ignorant — adjective Date: 14th century 1. a. destitute of knowledge or education < an ignorant society >; also lacking knowledge or comprehension of the thing specified < parents ignorant of modern mathematics > b. resulting from or showing lack of&#8230; …

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