ignore
to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
Law. (of a grand jury) to reject (a bill of indictment), as on the grounds of insufficient evidence.
Origin of ignore
1Other words for ignore
Opposites for ignore
Other words from ignore
- ig·nor·a·ble, adjective
- ig·nor·er, noun
- un·ig·nor·a·ble, adjective
- un·ig·nor·a·bly, adverb
- un·ig·nored, adjective
- un·ig·nor·ing, adjective
- well-ig·nored, adjective
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How to use ignore in a sentence
In the coming years, though, that calculus might have to change, since the growing size of the country’s nonreligious population could make these voters more difficult for Democrats to ignore.
More And More Americans Aren’t Religious. Why Are Democrats Ignoring These Voters? | Daniel Cox | September 17, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightAmong the Bay Area businesses being supported with financing are ConsejoSano, a for-profit social enterprise that works to improve health outcomes for culturally diverse populations by embracing that diversity, not ignoring it.
Bernard Tyson’s profound impact continues even after his death—through a new social investment fund | cleaf2013 | September 16, 2020 | FortuneThe irony for him is that as he tries to ignore these ongoing crises, he’s losing voters.
Trump keeps dodging the crux of major issues — and that’s showing in his reelection prospects | Amber Phillips | September 16, 2020 | Washington PostHe did so for at least six weeks before the rising caseload made the problem impossible to ignore.
Trump’s ABC News town hall: Four Pinocchios, over and over again | Glenn Kessler | September 16, 2020 | Washington PostBoth have ignored this race, viewing others as more winnable, with the New York-based Working Families Party providing the biggest out-of-state muscle for Scarane.
When it comes to educating our children, Congress should heed that message, not ignore it.
The ‘No Child’ Rewrite Threatens Your Kids’ Future | Jonah Edelman | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the increasing number of fraudsters bringing back wares to stores to make an illicit killing has become impossible to ignore.
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks | M.L. Nestel | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWatters and other critics also ignore the fact that the whole report is based on CIA documents.
After Torture Report, Our Moral Authority As a Nation Is Gone | Nick Gillespie | December 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI am only able to ignore because I have had to have these conversations in person and that is the most traumatic experience.
The Unbearable Whiteness of Protesting | Rawiya Kameir, Judnick Mayard | December 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“It is forbidden in Islam to ignore the reality of contemporary times when deriving legal rulings,” they argued.
In cases in which no attempt is made to ignore the accusation, the small wits are wont to be busy discovering exculpations.
Children's Ways | James SullyI believe we shall never get on with human affairs until we do ignore them.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsNever again would she ignore an urgent telegram, though she did not believe that this telegram had any real importance.
Hilda Lessways | Arnold BennettThis is one of the truths which sloth, rapacity and extravagance are slow to learn, yet which they cannot safely ignore.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyHe could see the unconcealed delight, and the malice that had always been, but which before he had been able to ignore.
The Homesteader | Oscar Micheaux
British Dictionary definitions for ignore
/ (ɪɡˈnɔː) /
to fail or refuse to notice; disregard
Australian informal disregard: to treat someone with ignore
Origin of ignore
1Derived forms of ignore
- ignorable, adjective
- ignorer, noun
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