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ignorantly

  • a word derived from ignorant.
    ignorant
    adjective
    lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned.

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“Today, I mourn the 3K lives, 6K injuries, & infrastructural devastation in NYC, perpetrated ignorantly in the name of my faith,” El-Sayed posted on Sept. 11, 2021, 20 years after the attack.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

Yulissa later apologised, saying on Instagram she used the offensive term "ignorantly, not fully understanding the weight, history, or pain behind it".

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2025

Escobar apologized for using the slur, writing in a statement that she “used it ignorantly, not fully understanding the weight, history, or pain behind it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2025

Sorry, but the underpinning of our free speech culture is that anger, no matter how hatefully or ignorantly expressed, is better diverted into words than violence.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2023

He’d died alone in that empty house while she played, stupidly, ignorantly, in the village below.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee