ignorance

Ignorance of the law is no excuse.

His ignorance is appalling.

sheer ignorance of sth.

His ignorance is a proverb.

His ignorance is surprising.

a comment testifying ignorance;

an allegory on the theme of the passage from ignorance to knowledge.

We are in complete ignorance of his plans.

I regret my ignorance on the subject.

People labour under ignorance and superstition.

Ignorance is no excuse for breaking the law.

He displayed a willful ignorance of their plight.

he acted in ignorance of basic procedures.

ignorance of Latin would be a disgrace and a shame to any public man.

the remark was enough to establish his woeful ignorance about the theatre.

The relation of disease to poverty and ignorance is easy to see.

She remained in blissful ignorance of these events.

offered a defense based on ignorance of the circumstances;

a simple admittance of ignorance was much to be preferred to any amount of flannel.

spoke with blithe ignorance of the true situation.See Synonyms at jolly