ignorant

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge

   They were completely ignorant of the circumstances.

2. 2
   adj

   Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.

   That man that doth not know those things which are of use and necessity for him to know, is but an ignorant man, whatever he may know besides;

3. 3
   adj

   Not knowing (a fact or facts), unaware (of something).

   For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

4. 4
   adj

   Ill-mannered, crude.

   His manner was at best off-hand, at worst totally ignorant.

5. 5
   adj

   Unknown; undiscovered

   Alas, what ignorant sin have I committed?

6. 6
   adj

   Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly.

   […] his shipping— Poor ignorant baubles!— upon our terrible seas, Like eggshells moved upon their surges, crack’d As easily ’gainst our rocks:

7. 7
   adj

   uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning

8. 8
   adj

   uneducated in general

Etymology

From Old French ignorant, from Latin ignōrāns (“unaware, unknowing”). By surface analysis, ignore + -ant.