Wondering how to use Ignorant in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as uneducated or unwitting.
Ignorant meaning
- Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.
- Not knowing (a fact or facts), unaware (of something).
- Ill-mannered, crude.
Synonyms of Ignorant
Using Ignorant
- The main meaning on this page is: Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance. | Not knowing (a fact or facts), unaware (of something). | Ill-mannered, crude.
- Useful related words include: uneducated, unwitting, unknowing, unknowledgeable.
- In the example corpus, ignorant often appears in combinations such as: ignorant of, ignorant and, ignorant about.
Context around Ignorant
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 8 start, 9 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 17 statements, 2 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ignorant
- In this selection, "ignorant" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, equally, mean, meant, voters, fools and administrations stand out and add context to how "ignorant" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and also ignorant to the and and equally ignorant assertion that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ignorant" sits close to words such as auxiliary, clayton and commentator, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ignorant
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The ignorant are ignorant for a reason. (7 words)
And we can’t be ignorant and arrogant. (8 words)
Are White saviors racist, or ignorant or both? (8 words)
They were the ones who were ignorant to the type of person I was and also ignorant to the idea that sexuality doesn’t have to be at the forefront of every choice that I’m making as an artist. (40 words)
Congressquack Lauren Boebert once again made a mockery of herself, this time foolishly snapping at a witness with ignorant assumptions during a hearing today only to be hammered more than once with facts. (33 words)
Deputy home affairs minister Maj-Gen Soe Tint Naing proposed using community policing to combat “terrorism”, apparently ignorant of the fact that regime officials can’t even bribe people to give information. (32 words)
Do these ignorant fools, and the equally ignorant administrations, trustees, and donors, understand that they are institutionalizing racial hatred in a multicultural society? (23 words)
Are White saviors racist, or ignorant or both? (8 words)
Somehow David Horowitz the Racist Whisperer has twisted his ignorant position on lynching to match the oft parroted and equally ignorant assertion that “slavery didn’t start in America! (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
Do these ignorant fools, and the equally ignorant administrations, trustees, and donors, understand that they are institutionalizing racial hatred in a multicultural society?
She didn’t mean ignorant in a general sense and neither did I. We meant ignorant about the reality of slavery.
The sad thing is, this is what the ignorant voters want and liberals are ignorant voters, as they want to destroy our History and they want communism.
This motivated overeager and ignorant central planning politicians to jump at the opportunity to get some mileage among even more ignorant voters by killing a large percentage of entrepreneurs.
For people who are ignorant, I actually feel a lot of compassion for them because something made them ignorant.
They were the ones who were ignorant to the type of person I was and also ignorant to the idea that sexuality doesn’t have to be at the forefront of every choice that I’m making as an artist.
Much to his dismay, he found that the laity were ignorant about the basic tenets of the Christian faith, and he also discovered that the clergy were just as ignorant.
Somehow David Horowitz the Racist Whisperer has twisted his ignorant position on lynching to match the oft parroted and equally ignorant assertion that “slavery didn’t start in America!
The ignorant are ignorant for a reason.
Those ignorant of the details of his discovery of the Codex Sinaiticus accused Tischendorf of buying manuscripts from ignorant monastery librarians at low prices.
A lot of us are ignorant about Sign Language and this is inclusive but it also has an educational element to it,” said Mothebe.
And we can’t be ignorant and arrogant.
Another out-of-state source ignorant of Wilson’s status as attorney general concurred with that assessment.
Anyone who tells you differently is either ignorant or lying.
Are White saviors racist, or ignorant or both?
Congressquack Lauren Boebert once again made a mockery of herself, this time foolishly snapping at a witness with ignorant assumptions during a hearing today only to be hammered more than once with facts.
Darresha George said she and her son refuse to conform to a standard set by someone who is uncomfortable or ignorant.
Deputy home affairs minister Maj-Gen Soe Tint Naing proposed using community policing to combat “terrorism”, apparently ignorant of the fact that regime officials can’t even bribe people to give information.
For Labor’s managers, however, the paradoxical route to truth is to remain ignorant and fear dissent.
Fred is a ticking time bomb of emotions, blowing up at an ignorant waitress, and the vein in Suzanne Clément’s forehead looks ready to burst as she spits out anger.
Common combinations with ignorant
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- ignorant of 31×
- ignorant and 21×
- ignorant about 13×
- ignorant to 13×
- an ignorant 11×
- the ignorant 10×
- are ignorant 10×
- ignorant or 10×
- be ignorant 9×
- and ignorant 8×