noun · academic
ignorance
/ˈɪɡnərəns/IG·no·rance
Band 5-6speakingtask2
lack of knowledge or awareness about something
Examples
“Widespread ignorance about basic health practices can make public health campaigns ineffective.”
“Many accidents happen because of ignorance of the traffic rules.”
“The report blamed public ignorance of nutrition for rising child malnutrition rates.”
Band 8 sentence
“Widespread ignorance about preventive measures undermined the government's attempt to control the outbreak.”
Collocations
- ignorance of
- willful ignorance
Word family
ignorant adjectiveignorantly adverbignore verb
Common mistakes
many ignorances→much ignorance
He is ignorance about the rules.→He is ignorant about the rules.
Say it for a higher band
5lack of knowledge→6unawareness→7+ignorance
Synonyms
unawareness
lack of knowledge
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