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Jayprakash Singh Posted 6 years ago
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VOCABULARY: CONNOTATION

Is IGNORANT a rude word? I mean to say I don't see how it is rude(maybe, in some contexts). Can I not say I am ignorant of the news that Brazil's president is dead? Here, I don't know, but am answering more formally.

Can I not say politely that I am afraid I am ignorant of the number of people who died of Covid epidemic?

Can I not use the word IGNORANT formally?

  

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ignorant has these two meanings. 1. lacking knowledge 2 uncouth, rude I don't hear #2 as much as I used to.

— Clive

  • ignorant has these two meanings.
  • 1.
  • lacking knowledge 2 uncouth, rude I don't hear #2 as much as I used to.
  • Clive
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ignorant has these two meanings.

1. lacking knowledge

2 uncouth, rude

I don't hear #2 as much as I used to.

Clive

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jayprakash Singh

Is IGNORANT a rude word? I mean to say I don't see how it is rude(maybe, in some contexts). Can I not say I am ignorant of the news that Brazil's president is dead? Here, I don't know, but am answering more formally.

Can I not say politely that I am afraid I am ignorant of the number of people who died of Covid epidemic?

Can I not use the wo

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