Meaning

5 senses
  1. Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.

    ignorant

    неве́жественныйnevéžestvennyj, необразо́ванныйneobrazóvannyj, негра́мотныйnegrámotnyj

    не́уцькийnéucʹkyj, неосві́ченийneosvíčenyj, неодуко́ванийneodukóvanyj

  2. Not knowing (a fact or facts), unaware (of something).

  3. (slang)Ill-mannered, crude.

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

  4. Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.

  5. (obsolete)Unknown; undiscovered

More definitions
  • uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field
  • uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
  • unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge

Examples

146 sentences
  1. He was ignorant of the fact.

    Він нічого не знав про цей факт. — deniko

    ruОн ничего не знал об этом факте. — marafon

  2. You're very ignorant.

    Ти дуже необізнаний. — deniko

  3. They are ignorant of the rules.

  4. Many economists are ignorant of that fact.

    ruМногим экономистам это неизвестно. — al_ex_an_der

  5. He was laughed at for being so ignorant.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
By meaning 1
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Deutsch
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Origin

From Old French ignorant, from Latin ignōrāns (“unaware, unknowing”). By surface analysis,

From Old French ignorant, from Latin ignōrāns (“unaware, unknowing”). By surface analysis, ignore + -ant.

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Forms

ignoranter/more ignorant, ignorantest/most ignorant

Synonyms

35 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

6 antonyms

Word family

14 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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