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Synonyms for ignorable

Grammar : Adj
Spell : ig-nawr, -nohr
Phonetic Transcription : ɪgˈnɔr, -ˈnoʊr

Définition of ignorable

Origin :
  • 1610s, "not to know, to be ignorant of," from French ignorer "be unaware of," from Latin ignorare "not to know, disregard" (see ignorant). Sense of "pay no attention to" first recorded 1801 (Barnhart says "probably a dictionary word"), and not common until c.1850. Related: Ignored; ignoring.
  • adj able to be overlooked
Example sentences :
  • Things-plus-me is the only knowable, and consequently the only 'ignorable.'
  • Extract from : « James Frederick Ferrier » by Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane
  • The law of ignorance hence is that 'we can be ignorant only of what can be known,' or 'the knowable is alone the ignorable.'
  • Extract from : « James Frederick Ferrier » by Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane

Antonyms for ignorable

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