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ignoramus
/ˌɪɡ.nəˈɹeɪ.məs/
noun 2verb 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
obvious
VERB + IGNORAMUS
bloviating
IGNORAMUS + NOUN
t
PREP.
with
ADV.
absolutely
Definitions
noun
1
A totally ignorant person—unknowledgeable, uneducated, or uninformed; a fool.
The problem is that visual ignoramuses, such as this writer, can't think of that many pictures and end up drawing question marks where a frog should be.
“The cost of appearing with this bloviating ignoramus is obvious, it seems to me,” he said on “This Week,” the ABC News program.
noun
1
A grand jury's ruling on an indictment when the evidence is determined to be insufficient to send the case to trial.
verb
1
To make such a ruling against (an indictment).
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The problem is that visual ignoramuses, such as this writer, can't think of that many pictures and end up drawing question marks where a frog should be.
Wiktionary02
“The cost of appearing with this bloviating ignoramus is obvious, it seems to me,” he said on “This Week,” the ABC News program.
Wiktionary03
“I am sorry to say your History teacher is an ignoramus! She can’t even spell ‘Bayeux’!”
Wiktionary04
Tom is an ignoramus.
Tatoeba · #322670905
Tom is an ignoramus. He understands absolutely nothing.
Tatoeba · #554455506
He who loves instruction loves knowledge, but whoever hates reproof is an ignoramus.
Tatoeba · #10693018Usage Notes
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