"ignorant" meaning in English

See ignorant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɪɡnərənt/ Audio: en-us-ignorant.ogg [US] Forms: ignorant [positive], more ignorant [comparative], most ignorant [superlative]
Etymology: ignore + -ant Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|ignore|ant}} ignore + -ant Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you are ignorant, you don't know many things that you should know.
    Sense id: simple-ignorant-en-adj-Z3~RhcVz
  2. If you are ignorant of something, you don't know about it.
    Sense id: simple-ignorant-en-adj-P89Vlusg
  3. If an idea, a book, a comment, etc. is ignorant, it is rude or incorrect because it ignores the facts.
    Sense id: simple-ignorant-en-adj-z1aBITgv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -ant
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