The meaning of IGNORANT is destitute of knowledge or education; also : lacking knowledge or comprehension of the thing specified —often used with of or about.
Ignorant, illiterate, unlettered, uneducated mean lacking in knowledge or in training. Ignorant may mean knowing little or nothing, or it may mean uninformed about a particular subject: An ignorant person can be dangerous. I confess I'm ignorant of mathematics.
IGNORANT definition: 1. not having enough knowledge, understanding, or information about something: 2. not polite or…. Learn more.
Definition of ignorant adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
For example, most of us are ignorant of the particulars of nuclear physics and ignorant about what it takes to be an astronaut. Sometimes people are also labeled ignorant if they are rude, inconsiderate, or narrow-minded.
ignorant, adj. & n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
ignorant, adj. & n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
ignorant (comparative ignoranter or more ignorant, superlative ignorantest or most ignorant) Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance. quotations
Ignorant is the most general of these words (as, he is an ignorant fellow), except where it is limited to some subject or point (as, ignorant of the ways of the world).
People are sometimes described as ignorant when they do something that is not polite or kind. Some people think that it is not correct to use ignorant with this meaning. I met some very ignorant people who called me all kinds of names.