ignorant
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Rothschild, who had already spent years financing agricultural colonies in Ottoman Palestine, regarded Herzl as an energetic but naive dreamer ignorant of the difficult realities on the ground.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026
“Before he entered politics, Wilson would describe the American people as ‘selfish, ignorant, timid, stubborn and foolish.’”
From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026
Gilead’s future hangs on whether the Plums remain ignorant and compliant, as does the story of “The Testaments.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
Often, they "are ignorant of the history" of French colonisation -- even their ban on speaking native Ivorian languages in schools, he added.
From Barron's • Feb. 20, 2026
When one of ’em says to another, ‘He was a convict, a few year ago, and is a ignorant common fellow now, for all he’s lucky,’ what do I say?
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act I
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"Easter, 1916" by W.B. Yeats
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