know-nothing
Example Sentences
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"I was like, 'I know nothing about this topic,'" she said.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
“You know nothing about urban planning, and this is why you should not seek re-election.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
The bot and the baby know nothing of the world it describes, besides a handful of overused jargon that, like anything, loses its meaning if repeated enough times.
From Slate • Mar. 20, 2026
"We're looking forward to welcoming more than 220,000 racegoers through the gates across the four days and as anyone who has joined us here before will know, nothing feels like being at Cheltenham!"
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
When you don't know nothing about something, you really don't know where to even begin to find stuff that goes with the thing you don't know nothing about.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
