6 ]7 v& W- D4 Q- z* W' pIf you describe someone as ignorant, you mean that they do not know things they should know. If someone is ignorant of a fact, they do not know it.+ F3 D6 u7 S8 r# O
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2 [ADJ] " y) o/ y9 Y5 I; D/ IPeople 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.! Z+ R% x3 V- c2 K7 |$ ^9 U# C5 [
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