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  • 1Ignorant — Ig no*rant, a. [F., fr. L. ignorans, antis, p. pr. of ignorare to be ignorant. See {Ignore}.] 1. Destitute of knowledge; uninstructed or uninformed; untaught; unenlightened. [1913 Webster] He that doth not know those things which are of use for… …

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  • 2ignorant — ignorant, illiterate, unlettered, uneducated, untaught, untutored, unlearned mean not having knowledge. One is ignorant who is without knowledge, whether in general or of some particular thing {a very superficial, ignorant, unweighing fellow Shak …

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  • 3ignorant — (adj.) late 14c., from O.Fr. ignorant (14c.), from L. ignorantia, from ignorantem (nom. ignorans), prp. of ignorare not to know, to be unacquainted; mistake, misunderstand; take no notice of, pay no attention to, from assimilated form of in… …

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  • 4ignorant — ► ADJECTIVE 1) lacking knowledge or awareness in general. 2) (often ignorant of) uninformed about or unaware of a specific subject or fact. 3) informal rude; discourteous. DERIVATIVES ignorantly adverb. ORIGIN from Latin ignorare not know …

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  • 7Not Waving but Drowning — is a poem by British poet Stevie Smith published in 1957 as part of a collection of the same title.[1] The work, the most famous of Smith s poems,[2] describes a man whose distressed thrashing in the sea causes onlookers to believe that he is… …

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  • 8Not This August —   Dust jacket …

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  • 9not be worth a fig — (not) be worth a fig old fashioned to not be important or useful. She s just an ignorant old busybody and her opinions aren t worth a fig …

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  • 10not know (or tell) shit from Shinola — vulgar slang be ignorant or innocent. → Shinola …

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