ignorant
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"It's the reality here. It would be ignorant to not think about that."
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Benjamin Franklin said that “being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.”
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Researchers found last year that filtering biothreat-related text from training data makes models ignorant about the topic, but they caution it isn’t a silver bullet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
In 2026, Rushdie said violence is the tool of "the unscrupulous using the ignorant" to attack culture.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
So they had sat there, nursing their drinks, ignorant and nervous.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act I
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"Easter, 1916" by W.B. Yeats
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