IGNORANT


Meaning of IGNORANT in English

1.

If you describe someone as ~, you mean that they do not know things they should know. If someone is ~ of a fact, they do not know it.

People don’t like to ask questions for fear of appearing ~...

ADJ: oft ADJ of/about n

2.

People are sometimes described as ~ when they do something that is not polite or kind. Some people think that it is not correct to use ~ with this meaning.

ADJ

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .