ignoramus
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But I really prefer the term "ignoramus" because ignoramus literally means somebody who doesn't know things.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2022
The term ignoramus was written on bills of indictment when the evidence presented seemed insufficient to justify prosecution.
From Fox News ● Mar. 30, 2020
At the risk of sounding like a complete ignoramus, I learned several new words and a term which is always fun: macher, shtetl, and work blue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2019
Bird ignoramus that I am, I’m paired with an eagle-eyed National Park employee who, for the length of our six-hour hike, abides my frantic cries of “There’s a bird!” and, sometimes, just “Bird?”
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2018
"Oh, some ignoramus has melted a piece of this precious helmet for the gold," Don Quixote said.
From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios
Boz never treated us readers as uninformed ignoramuses.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2021
Maudlin also vigorously defends philosophy against ignoramuses who ask, Why do we need philosophy?
From Scientific American ● Nov. 4, 2018
Ergo, very smart people can be ignoramuses about an array of subjects, and even if they diligently work to become informed, they can still make unwise choices.
From Salon ● Apr. 20, 2017
This doesn’t make people who buy lunch reckless ignoramuses; it makes them human beings.
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2015
Were those first Jordan Valley farmers botanical ignoramuses who didn’t know what they were doing?
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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