transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈig-n(ə-)rənt ]
adjective
Date: 14th century
1.
a. : destitute of knowledge or education
an ignorant society
also : lacking knowledge or comprehension of the thing specified
parents ignorant of modern mathematics
b. : resulting from or showing lack of knowledge or intelligence
ignorant errors
2. : unaware , uninformed
• ig·no·rant·ly adverb
• ig·no·rant·ness noun
Synonyms:
ignorant , illiterate , unlettered , untutored , unlearned mean not having knowledge. ignorant may imply a general condition or it may apply to lack of knowledge or awareness of a particular thing
an ignorant fool
ignorant of nuclear physics
illiterate applies to either an absolute or a relative inability to read and write
much of the population is still illiterate
unlettered implies ignorance of the knowledge gained by reading
an allusion meaningless to the unlettered
untutored may imply lack of schooling in the arts and ways of civilization
strange monuments built by an untutored people
unlearned suggests ignorance of advanced subjects
poetry not for academics but for the unlearned masses