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as in unfamiliarity
the state of being unaware or uninformed
ignorance of the law is no excuse
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as in illiteracy
the state of being unlearned
with such vast sums spent on education, the level of ignorance among graduating seniors is a national disgrace
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Recent Examples of ignorance
At one time, because of ignorance, businesses didn’t know what to do with computers.
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Divya Parekh, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Writer-director Benjamin Christensen — who acts in the film as both the Devil and Jesus — frames witch hunts as a mass social injustice borne out of ignorance, perpetrated in particular against the mentally ill.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
My films are fuelled by my ignorance, my curiosity, my longing, my fear – all of that.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
Which may explain my ignorance of fish forks, tines, and my 32 year apprenticeship in how best to load a dishwasher.
—Paul Keane, Hartford Courant, 6 Nov. 2024
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Divya Parekh, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Writer-director Benjamin Christensen — who acts in the film as both the Devil and Jesus — frames witch hunts as a mass social injustice borne out of ignorance, perpetrated in particular against the mentally ill.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
My films are fuelled by my ignorance, my curiosity, my longing, my fear – all of that.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
Which may explain my ignorance of fish forks, tines, and my 32 year apprenticeship in how best to load a dishwasher.
—Paul Keane, Hartford Courant, 6 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ignorance
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Women and minority groups, including Black and Hispanic populations, have disproportionately higher rates of financial illiteracy compared to their male and white or Asian counterparts.Monique Johnson, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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But social media and polarized politics are exposing it at industrial scale, fueled by a poisonous cocktail of bad actors, media illiteracy and plummeting trust in traditional news.Zachary Basu, Axios, 19 Oct. 2024
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In his first on-camera interview in nearly 20 years, Scott Peterson maintains his innocence in the 2002 murder of his wife, Laci, and their unborn child.Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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The president-elect has maintained his innocence, claiming the case is politically motivated against him.David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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In Microsoft of old, everyone had a story about Bill Gates shrieking at the top of his lungs over their stupidity.Steven Levy, WIRED, 21 Nov. 2024
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In other words, people managed to eat, sleep, make love, and progress despite the shocking stupidity of the country’s first democratic government that was founded in Weimar after WWI.John Tamny, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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The problem is not the companies but the system, whose foolishness is very clear to those, like me, who have spent decades abroad.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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The Lakers were, again, the Lakers — the version from early this season that made optimism seem nothing like foolishness.Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Ignorance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ignorance. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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