Found 3 items, similar to Ignorant.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: ignorant
cuek, ogah-ogahan, tak berpengetahuan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: ignorant
ignorant
adj 1: lacking general education or knowledge;
“an ignorant man”;
“nescient of contemporary literature”;
“an unlearned
group incapable of understanding complex issues”;
“exhibiting contempt for his unlettered companions”
[syn:
nescient,
unenlightened,
unlearned,
unlettered]
2: ignorant of the fundamentals of a given art or branch of
knowledge;
“ignorant of quantum mechanics”;
“musically
illiterate” [syn:
illiterate]
3: lacking basic knowledge;
“how can someone that age be so
ignorant?”;
“inexperienced and new to the real world”
[syn:
inexperienced]
4: used of things; lacking sense or awareness;
“ignorant hope”;
“fine innocent weather” [syn:
innocent]
5: lacking knowledge or skill;
“unversed in the jargon of the
social scientist” [syn:
unversed] [ant:
versed]
6: lacking information or knowledge;
“an unknowledgeable
assistant” [syn:
unknowledgeable,
unknowing,
unwitting]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Ignorant
Ignorant
\Ig"no*rant\, n.
A person untaught or uninformed; one unlettered or unskilled;
an ignoramous.
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Did I for this take pains to teach
Our zealous ignorants to preach? --Denham.
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Ignorant
\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.
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He that doth not know those things which are of use
for him to know, is but an ignorant man, whatever he
may know besides. --Tillotson.
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2. Unacquainted with; unconscious or unaware; -- used with
of.
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Ignorant of guilt, I fear not shame. --Dryden.
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3. Unknown; undiscovered. [Obs.]
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Ignorant concealment. --Shak.
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Alas, what ignorant sin have I committed? --Shak.
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4. Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.
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His shipping,
Poor ignorant baubles! -- on our terrible seas,
Like eggshells moved. --Shak.
Syn: Uninstructed; untaught; unenlightened; uninformed;
unlearned; unlettered; illiterate. --
Ignorant,
Illiterate. Ignorant denotes lack of knowledge, either
as to single subject or information in general;
illiterate refers to an ignorance of letters, or of
knowledge acquired by reading and study. In the Middle
Ages, a great proportion of the higher classes were
illiterate, and yet were far from being ignorant,
especially in regard to war and other active pursuits.
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In such business
Action is eloquence, and the eyes of the ignorant
More learned than the ears. --Shak.
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In the first ages of Christianity, not only the
learned and the wise, but the ignorant and
illiterate, embraced torments and death.
--Tillotson.
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