widespread ignorance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofwidespreadandignorance
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widespread
adjective
uk/ˌwaɪdˈspred/us/ˌwaɪdˈspred/
existing or happening in many places and/or among ...
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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 ofwidespreadandignorancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, among researchers and professionals alike, there exists awidespreadignoranceabout these speech communities.
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Such an achievement is of particular importance, given thewidespreadignoranceof bilingual speech modes in current theorizing.
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Widespreadignoranceabout the workings of the social order may be distressing to one who values understanding for its own sake.
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The absence of criticism of private ownership in 1833 may have been due towidespreadignoranceof the details of the ownership and administration of lighthouses.
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We are attempting to dispel by health education thewidespreadignorancewhich still exists generally, with particular emphasis on the special problem of teen-agers.
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That change has occurred because the planning system has allowed and encouraged it, and because ofwidespreadignoranceof and apathy to the environmental consequences.
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Their replies, too, showed the samewidespreadignoranceof the scale of this epidemic—and breathtaking indifference to it.
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We have an emotional attachment to them and interest in them coupled with a fairlywidespreadignoranceof the complexities of their operation.
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Despite that, it is generally accepted that there iswidespreadignoranceas regards its workings and operations.
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It also believes that there iswidespreadignoranceof prophylaxis in the medical professions.
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It is thewidespreadignoranceof our unsuspecting public that convinces me of the necessity for a campaign to arouse opinion on this matter.
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Cannot we make greater inroads into thatwidespreadignorance?
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What makes this particularly disturbing is thewidespreadignoranceof such crime.
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Does he accept that, one year on,widespreadignoranceof and inaction in response to the problem remain?
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There iswidespreadignoranceamong patients of the drugs that are prescribed.
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We start from a position ofwidespreadignoranceand considerable concern.
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There iswidespreadignoranceabout what may he claimed.
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Apparently there iswidespreadignoranceabout how to deal with this product.
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The result is that there is stillwidespreadignoranceon the whole subject, and unlimited scope for misrepresentation.
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It blamed "the complexity of national insurance and thewidespreadignoranceof its main features".
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