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(adj)
Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.
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(n)
(countable, neurology) A deficit in the ability to perceive.
(uncountable) The inability to read and write.
The state of being unaware.
Lack of comprehension or understanding; inability to understand.
Lack of familiarity; ignorance or inexperience.
An inability to perform; a lack of competence; ineptitude.
Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something).
The state of being indifferent.
The state of being negligent.
A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth.
The act of neglecting.
The act or state of deliberately not paying attention or caring about something.
(v)
To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
A mistaken belief, a wrong idea.
A mistake as to the meaning of something or a specific point of view; erroneous interpretation or comprehension; misconception.
Open or bold resistance to or disregard for authority, opposition, or power; refusing to give up.
(uncountable) The state of being foolish.
Deliberate obscurity or vagueness.
A complete or (more often) partial absence of light.
The state or quality of being aware of something.
The fact of knowing about something; general understanding or familiarity with a subject, place, situation etc.
(law) A breaking or infraction of a law, or of any obligation or tie; violation; non-fulfillment.
disregarded
(obsolete) Ignorance; the lack of knowledge.
The absence of knowledge, especially of orthodox beliefs.
a lack of understanding
The state or condition of being uninformed; ignorance.
(uncountable) The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.
Lack of education; ignorance.
The state of being clueless.
The characteristic of being oblivious.
Lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity.
The quality of being benighted.
Failure to cognize, apprehend, or notice.
Without knowing; ignorant.
The quality of being obtuse.
(uncountable) The property of being stupid.
Absence of responsibility for a crime, tort, etc.
The state of being senseless; unsense.
The state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or foolish pride in which someone feels much superior to another.
(uncountable) Lack of intelligence or sense; extremely foolish behaviour.
Alternative spelling of naïveté. [Lack of sophistication, experience, judgement or worldliness; artlessness; gullibility; credulity.]
The quality of being inept.
naïveté
heedless disregard for the consequences of one's actions
(uncountable, rare) The quality or state of being stupid.
The quality of being lazy
Alternative form of narrow-mindedness. [The state of being narrow-minded.]
Lack of intelligence.
Excessive arrogance or pride, or presumption, originally (Greek mythology) toward the gods.
(countable) An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts.
The claim or pretense of having beliefs, standards, qualities, behaviours, virtues, motivations, etc. which one does not really have.
Alternative form of short-sightedness. [Myopia: impairment of vision's acuity for distant objects.]
(uncountable) The characteristic or condition of being dishonest.
A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts.
The quality or degree of being inept.
Misspelling of naivety and nativity.
(informal) The quality of being stupid or foolish.
Information that is incorrect, whether intentionally or unintentionally.
A strong aversion; an intense dislike.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being irrational.
The quality of being selfish, the condition of putting one's own interests before those of others.
(archaic) Being complacent; a feeling of contentment or satisfaction; complacency.
The state or quality of being disingenuous.
Habitual laziness or sloth.
An absence of interest (attention or curiosity).
(uncountable) A feeling of contempt or scorn.
The quality or state of lacking curiosity.
(uncountable) Lack of wisdom; unwise action or conduct; folly, foolishness.
The character or state of being irresponsible; lack of or freedom from responsibility; want of accountability.
Not enlightened; ignorant in general or of some particular fact.
Lack of due consideration; inattention to consequences, thoughtlessness.
Erroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement.
Synonym of disingenuousness.
The state of being backward.
(uncountable) The fact or condition of being untruthful; dishonesty.
The quality of readily believing information, truthful or otherwise, usually to an absurd extent.
A feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble.
Not informed; ignorant.
(countable) A false statement, especially an intentional one; a lie.
(uncountable) The state of being intolerant.
The state of being wrongheaded.
Youth; the condition of being immature or not fully grown
An incorrect understanding of something.
The condition of being inconsiderate
Lack of courage.
(rare) Incredulity; the state of being skeptical or in disbelief
The condition of being pigheaded.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being smug.
The state, or an act, of stubbornness or doggedness.
(uncountable) The state or characteristic of being childish.
Behavior exhibiting a hostile attitude.
The state of being presumptuous.
The state of being witless; stupidity.
The condition of being incompetent.
The condition of being insensitive
A lack of experience.