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ignore

[ ig-nawr, -nohr ]
/ ɪgˈnɔr, -ˈnoʊr /
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verb (used with object), ig·nored, ig·nor·ing.

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.

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RELATED WORDS

forgettable, unimportant, bland, nondescript, unmemorable, unremarkable, uneventful

Nearby words

ignoramus, ignorance, ignorance is bliss, ignorant, ignoratio elenchi, ignore, ignotum per ignotius, igorot, igraine, iguana, iguanid

Origin of ignore

1605–15; < Latin ignōrāre to not know, disregard, verbal derivative of ignārus ignorant, unaware (with -ō- perhaps from ignōtus unknown), equivalent to in- in-3 + gnārus knowing, acquainted (with); akin to (g)nōscere to know1

Related forms

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Examples from the Web for ignorable

  • Things-plus-me is the only knowable, and consequently the only 'ignorable.'

    James Frederick Ferrier|Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane

  • The law of ignorance hence is that 'we can be ignorant only of what can be known,' or 'the knowable is alone the ignorable.'

    James Frederick Ferrier|Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane

British Dictionary definitions for ignorable

ignore

/ (ɪɡˈnɔː) /

verb (tr)

to fail or refuse to notice; disregard

noun

Australian informal disregardto treat someone with ignore

Derived Forms

ignorable, adjectiveignorer, noun

Word Origin for ignore

C17: from Latin ignōrāre not to know, from ignārus ignorant of, from i- in- 1 + gnārus knowing; related to Latin noscere to know
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