The meaning of Ignorant

adjective

Directed behind or to the rear.

Usage examples:

She left the room without a backward glance

adverb

Another word for backwards.

adverb

(of a movement) in the direction of one's back.

Usage examples:

Penny glanced backwards

adjective

In a state of pitiful or contemptible intellectual or moral ignorance.

Usage examples:

They saw themselves as bringers of culture to poor benighted peoples

adjective

Without knowledge or morals

Usage examples:

Some of the early explorers thought of the local people as benighted savages who could be exploited.

adjective

Rough and bad-mannered; coarse.

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Boorish behaviour

adjective

Rude and not considering other people's feelings

Usage examples:

I found him rather boorish and aggressive., the boorish behaviour of some tourists is embarrassing.

adjective

Rough or harsh in texture.

Usage examples:

A coarse woollen cloth

adjective

Rough and not smooth or soft

Usage examples:

Coarse hair, coarse linen shirts, now and then coarse laughter broke out., our recipe calls for coa…

adjective

In a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined.

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Crude oil

noun

Offensively coarse or rude, especially in relation to sexual matters.

Usage examples:

A crude joke

noun

Natural mineral oil.

Usage examples:

The ship was carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude

adjective

Showing rudeness and a lack of consideration for other people.

Usage examples:

It would be unkind and discourteous to decline a visit

adjective

Not caring enough about other people’s feelings; not polite

Usage examples:

I felt it was discourteous of him to leave immediately after his talk., [ c ] she was never guilty …

adjective

(especially of wrongdoing) very obvious and unacceptable.

Usage examples:

Gross human rights abuses

adverb

Without tax or other contributions having been deducted.

Usage examples:

If the value of your bond is £50,000 or more the interest will be paid gross

verb

Produce or earn (an amount of money) as gross profit or income.

Usage examples:

The film went on to gross $8 million

adjective

Unfriendly or in a bad mood

Usage examples:

He was a surly and ill-humoured man., although their discussions were at times intense, they were n…

adjective

Rude and unpleasant

adjective

Unable to read or write.

Usage examples:

His parents were illiterate

noun

A person who is unable to read or write.

Usage examples:

This reminds me of a quote from italo calvino (who was most certainly literate): ‘the ratio of lite…

adjective

Not knowing how to read and write

adjective

Not having or showing good manners; rude.

Usage examples:

It would have been impolite to refuse

adjective

Rude; not polite

adjective

Having little knowledge or experience of a particular thing.

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An inexperienced driver

adjective

Showing or feeling no concern for others' feelings.

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An insensitive remark

adjective

Not aware of other people’s feelings, or not showing sympathy for the feelings of other people

Usage examples:

The governor apologized for his insensitive remarks about the homeless., his feet seem to be insens…

adjective

Uncouth and aggressive; thuggish.

Usage examples:

Youths responsible for awful, loutish behaviour

adjective

Behaving in a very rude, offensive, and sometimes violent way

Usage examples:

Loutish behaviour, she complained to me about a couple of loutish students.

adjective

Rough or clumsy and unintelligent.

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Oafish behaviour

adjective

Stupid, rude, or awkward

Usage examples:

Oafish behaviour, an oafish young man

adjective

Bad-tempered and sulky.

Usage examples:

A sullen pout

noun

A sulky or depressed mood.

Usage examples:

When i mentioned this, he lapsed back into the sullens.

adjective

Bad-tempered and unfriendly.

Usage examples:

The porter left with a surly expression

adjective

Not wanting to please you or to be friendly

Usage examples:

The clerks in this post office are sullen, surly, and inefficient.

adjective

Discourteous; impolite.

Usage examples:

He'd been short and uncivil with her

adjective

Not polite

Usage examples:

He was most uncivil to your father - called him an old fool.

adjective

Having or showing a poor level of education.

Usage examples:

The workforce remains largely uneducated and unskilled

adjective

Having received little education

adjective

Not polite or friendly.

Usage examples:

After anna's kindness i wouldn't want to seem ungracious

adjective

Not having or showing awareness or understanding of the facts.

Usage examples:

Uninformed criticism of conservation projects

adjective

Not knowing much or having much information about something

Usage examples:

For a journalist, he seems surprisingly uninformed about what is happening in the news., individual…

adjective

Not well informed or educated.

Usage examples:

She was extremely unknowledgeable about investments

adjective

Not knowing a lot

Usage examples:

The sales assistant was frustratingly unknowledgeable about the product range., unknowledgeable rea…

adjective

(of a person) not well educated.

Usage examples:

He appealed to an unlearned audience as well as to sympathetic scholars

adjective

Not having been learned.

Usage examples:

She found herself on the stage, lines unlearned

verb

Discard (something learned, especially a bad habit or false or outdated information) from one's memory.

Usage examples:

Teachers are being asked to unlearn rigid rules for labelling and placing children

adjective

(of a person) poorly educated or illiterate.

Usage examples:

It seems common to consider the mfdp as a group of uneducated farmers or unlettered peasants, yet i…

adjective

Not having or showing good manners.

Usage examples:

Uncouth, unmannerly fellows

adjective

(of a person) not officially recognized as a practitioner of a particular profession or activity through having satisfied the relevant conditions or requirements.

Usage examples:

No company would permit an unqualified accountant to audit its books

adjective

Lacking the skills and experience needed for a particular job

Usage examples:

I liked her, but she was unqualified for the job., my first attempt was an unqualified success.

adjective

(of a book or document) not read.

Usage examples:

But to me, a cookbook unused is like an unread book in that it's not fulfilling it's potential.

adjective

Not showing the learning and attention to detail characteristic of a scholar.

Usage examples:

An edition which was full of unscholarly amendments

adjective

Showing that someone has not studied a subject in a serious and detailed way

Usage examples:

His unscholarly lack of precision leaves us wondering what he intends to say., this generalization …

adjective

Not educated or trained.

Usage examples:

She was unschooled in the niceties of royal behaviour

adjective

Not having been taught or educated.

Usage examples:

She is totally untaught and will not listen

verb

Cause (someone) to forget something learned previously.

Usage examples:

I'll have a problem unteaching them but you don't know anything so you have nothing to unlearn

adjective

Not having been trained in a particular skill.

Usage examples:

Self-styled doctors untrained in diagnosis

adjective

Never having been taught the skills for a particular job or activity

Usage examples:

Untrained staff, the notation is designed to make it easier for untrained singers to read music., t…

adjective

Not formally taught or trained.

Usage examples:

The species are all much the same to the untutored eye

adjective

Having no knowledge of or education in a particular subject

Usage examples:

To my untutored eye that just looks like a load of random brush strokes, and yet it's a very valuab…

adjective

Lacking sophistication or good taste.

Usage examples:

A vulgar check suit