adjective · academic
ignorant
/ˈɪɡnərənt/IG·no·rant
lacking knowledge or awareness about something (often critical, used to describe lack of information)
Examples
“Many voters remain ignorant of the details of the proposed reforms.”
“The paper criticises policies that leave communities ignorant about health risks.”
“It would be ignorant to ignore the long-term environmental impacts of the project.”
Band 8 sentence
“To label an entire community as ignorant overlooks structural barriers to education and information access.”
Collocations
- remain ignorant of
- ignorant about
- willfully ignorant
Word family
Common mistakes
She was ignorant to the facts.→She was ignorant of the facts.
He is stupid about climate change.→He is ignorant about climate change.
Say it for a higher band
5not know→6unaware→7+ignorant
Synonyms
unaware
uninformed
Easily confused
unaware
“Many residents were unaware of the new regulations.”
uninformed
“The committee was uninformed about the latest findings.”
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