abysmal ignorance

collocation in English

meaningsofabysmalandignorance

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abysmal
adjective
uk
/əˈbɪz.məl/us
/əˈbɪz.məl/
very ...
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ignorance
noun[U]
uk
/ˈɪɡ.nər.əns/us
/ˈɪɡ.nɚ.əns/
lack of knowledge, understanding, or information ...
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(Definition ofabysmalandignorancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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No, it is not based onabysmalignoranceof the facts, but this fact is not available.
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Anyone who did this would be deservedly castigated; for he would expose hisabysmalignorancein the very act of decrying it.
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He showed anabysmalignoranceof the history of that country.
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I suggest that, because there is anabysmalignoranceon the subject of pensions.
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It shows anabysmalignoranceof the true situation.
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I think this is a most lamentable example ofabysmalignorance.
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I have anabysmalignoranceof military subjects.
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It shows a complete andabysmalignoranceof our industrial relations system.
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Men speak inabysmalignoranceof the procedural side of bearing a child.
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The unpracticality, the hypocrisy, theabysmalignoranceof those who would suggest it !
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I find that a great deal of criticism of building societies is founded on theabysmalignoranceof the financial facts of life.
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I am appalled at theabysmalignoranceof those people who will have to deal with trade unionists.
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Then he showed anabysmalignoranceof the present activities of the trade union movement.
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I believe that that statement in itself shows eitherabysmalignoranceor wanton disregard of the facts.
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That suggestion shows anabysmalignoranceof what happens in industry and on the shop floor.
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He showed anabysmalignoranceof the practice which exists whereby local authorities invite owners of property to meet them to discuss the condition of their property.
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I trust that on reflection he will eat those words, because that statement shows hisabysmalignorance at the time of the agreement and the current position.
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Does he agree that in the way they sensationalise these stories the newspaper editors show anabysmalignoranceand that it is about time they woke up?
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That was an example ofabysmalignorance.
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There is phenomenal andabysmalignorance.
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