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Definition of Ignorant
Ignorant

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

Unacquainted with; unconscious or unaware; -- used with of.

Unknown; undiscovered.

Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.

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

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Ignorant Quotations

I try to be as ignorant about things as I can.
Hal Sparks

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
Thomas Jefferson

The animal is ignorant of the fact that he knows. The man is aware of the fact that he is ignorant.
Victor Hugo

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.
Benjamin Franklin

There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Ignorant Translations

ignorant in German is unwissend, dumm
ignorant in Italian is ignorante
ignorant in Latin is ignarus, insciens, ignotus
ignorant in Norwegian is uvitende
ignorant in Spanish is ignorante, ignaro


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