complete ignorance
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcompleteandignorance
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complete
adjective
uk/kəmˈpliːt/us/kəmˈpliːt/
very great or to the largest ...
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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 ofcompleteandignorancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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These tests were performed incompleteignoranceof the infection status of individual amphipods, which was determined subsequently.
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Of all these factors we remain incompleteignorancein the case of small-pox.
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There iscompleteignoranceon the subject.
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In view of the fact that her reply disclosescompleteignoranceof the position, will she reconsider the decision based on that ignorance?
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He thereby showed hiscompleteignoranceof how the business began.
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I feel that it is unjust, unwise and, indeed, dangerous to leave the people in their present state of more or lesscompleteignorance.
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We have had at least two generations brought up and trained incompleteignoranceof these things.
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That is a simple fact of which the majority of people are incompleteignorance.
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We are legislating in anticipation and incompleteignoranceof what we are enabling to be written into the law of this country.
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Anybody with experience will say that it is very difficult to negotiate incompleteignoranceof what one can legally do.
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I will not say withcompleteignorance, but with only our own and our friends' experience on which to draw.
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The speech was so short, no doubt wisely so, that it left me incompleteignoranceas to what the real intention was.
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They revealedcompleteignoranceof the matter.
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It seems to me, however, that we are left incompleteignoranceas to what the percentage will be.
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I am incompleteignoranceabout that.
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After months of elaborate preparation, the success of the expedition depended largely on the enemy remaining incompleteignoranceof its destination.
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We also met withcompleteignorance.
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I can only say that this betrays acompleteignoranceof the organisation they are calling in question.
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I came into this debate withcompleteignoranceof education.
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