See unknowledgeable in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "clueless"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"word": "foolish"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"word": "ignorant"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"word": "ill-informed"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"word": "illiterate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"word": "innocent"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "lack-learning"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "lay"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "lewd"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "loreless"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"word": "nescient"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"word": "oblivious"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"tags": [
"derogatory"
],
"word": "philistine"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"word": "tenebrose"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"word": "unaware"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"word": "uncultivated"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"word": "uncultured"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"word": "uneducated"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"word": "unenlightened"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"word": "unerudite"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"word": "uninformed"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"word": "unknowing"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"word": "unknowledgeable"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"word": "unlearned"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"word": "unlearnt"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"word": "unlettered"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"word": "unmindful"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"word": "unread"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"word": "unscholarly"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"word": "unschooled"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"word": "untaught"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"word": "untrained"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"word": "untutored"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:ignorant",
"word": "unwitting"
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]
}
],
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}
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