How to Use ignoramus in a Sentence
ignoramus
noun
- I can't believe they let an ignoramus like that run the company.
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There was a time when Jupiter was the king of the gods, and any man who doubted his puissance was ipso facto a barbarian and an ignoramus.
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John E. McIntyre,
baltimoresun.com,
29 Aug. 2017
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Murray got the worse of it, but at minimum, I’m painted as a total ignoramus, right?
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Ezra Klein,
Vox,
9 Apr. 2018
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The part of the problem of the president has is his dealing with ignoramuses spoken inside his party and outside of his party and some whom are dressed up as lawyers.
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Fox News,
4 May 2018
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And the universities, like the media before them, will walk right into the trap, while the Left rejects potential voters as deplorable ignoramuses.
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Elliot Kaufman,
National Review,
13 July 2017
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Dissenters and skeptics are derided as Flat Earthers and scientific ignoramuses.
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Rupert Darwall,
National Review,
1 Nov. 2017
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But his vocabulary infuriated some word nerds who say irregardless is an invention employed by ignoramuses.
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Ephrat Livni,
Quartz,
19 Dec. 2019
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