IGNORANT

adj. 1 unknowing, uninformed, untaught, uneducated, unschooled, unread, unlearned, unlettered, illiterate Is there anyone so ignorant as not to know who the Duke of Wellington was? 2 unaware, unfamiliar, unconscious, benighted, unenlightened, unwitting, in the dark, oblivious, Formal nescient She knows many things about which we are ignorant 3 inexperienced, green, naïve, innocent, unsophisticated They used to tease ignorant young apprentices by sending them to find a left-handed hammer 4 uncouth, ill-mannered, discourteous, impolite, uncivil, boorish: Don't be so ignorant and open the door for the lady!