ignorant

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
ignorant/ˈɪɡnərənt/
adjective
  • 1 lacking knowledge or awareness in general.

    ■ (often ignorant of) uninformed about or unaware of a specific subject or fact.

  • 2 informal discourteous.
  • 3 black English easily angered.
– derivatives
ignorance noun,
ignorantly adverb.
– origin ME: via OFr. from L. ignorant-, ignorare (see ignore).
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