# ignorant

Pronunciation: say "IG-nuh-ruhnt" /ˈɪɡnəɹənt/

## Adjective

1. Having little knowledge or education; marked by a lack of learning.
   - Simple: Not knowing much, or not having much education.
   - _Without schools, much of the rural population remained ignorant and unable to read._
   - _The pamphlet was written for an ignorant public that knew little of science or history._
2. Without knowledge of a particular fact or facts; not aware of something.
   - Simple: Not knowing about a certain fact or thing.
   - _Many shoppers are ignorant of how much sugar their breakfast cereal contains._
   - _The tenants remained blissfully ignorant that the building had been sold._
3. Coming from a lack of knowledge, and therefore foolish or silly.
   - Simple: Said or done because someone does not know enough, and so silly.
   - _The settlers' ignorant attempts to farm the desert ended in ruined crops within two years._
   - _It was an ignorant notion that the river could never flood, and the town paid for it._
4. Rude or coarse in behavior; showing no regard for good manners. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Rude and rough, with bad manners.
   - _She found the new manager loud, pushy and downright ignorant toward the staff._
   - _Blasting music on the bus at midnight is just plain ignorant._

## Noun

5. A person without knowledge or education; usually the ignorant, meaning such people as a group.
   - Simple: A person who does not know much. It is usually used as "the ignorant," meaning people like this.
   - _Quack doctors found ready customers among the ignorant and the desperate._
   - _Pamphlets of the time spoke down to the ignorant, as if they could never learn._

## Adjective

6. Not known about, or not yet discovered. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Not known, or not found yet.

## Origin

English took the word from Old French ignorant. On the surface it can be read as ignore + -ant.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/ignorant (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).