confession of ignorance
Example Sentences
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While we have no reason to dispute Kennedy’s confession of ignorance about the nation’s security, we do know a great deal more than he lets on.
From Washington Post • Nov. 25, 2019
I also knew that universities did not reward ignorance, or the confession of ignorance, and so I kept my ignorance to myself and pretended that I knew what I was doing.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2017
It is shown in detail that the various theological explanations of the dealings of God with man, when logically pressed, issue in a confession of ignorance.
From A History of Freedom of Thought by Bury, J. B. (John Bagnell)
He made curious blunders, at first, as to the proceedings, but his open confession of ignorance in the early letters made these blunders their chief charm.
From The Boys' Life of Mark Twain by Paine, Albert Bigelow
Roswell had called forth a confession of ignorance on a delicate point of finance.
From With Edge Tools by Chatfield-Taylor, H. C. (Hobart Chatfield)
