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sheer ignorance

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meanings of sheerand ignorance


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sheer
adjective
uk /ʃɪər/ us /ʃɪr/
used to emphasize how very great, important, or powerful a quality or feeling is; ...
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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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Examples of sheer ignorance


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In some cases that can be put down to sheerignorance on the part of the broadcasters.
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These amendments will go through tonight due to sheerignorance on my part.
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That was sheerignorance on my part.
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I ask from sheerignorance on my part.
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In the process the role of the trial judge has been misunderstood out of sheerignorance of the trial process, or intentionally misrepresented.
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First, there are those who through sheerignorance of their rights or reluctance to fill up forms pay although they need not do so.
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He may ask twice for a paper through sheerignorance of the law.
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It is a cruel, harsh way to go, and it is done through sheerignorance.
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It is often about sheerignorance, particularly of the dangers of the practice.
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First, owners may give their pets the wrong food or environment out of sheerignorance.
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All done in sheer innocence, in sheerignorance!
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Of course, it is their sheerignorance of us.
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That shows that it is not due to misrepresentation, but to sheerignorance.
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The sheerignorance of some of them about working people is unbelievable.
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As has been said, most of the damage caused in the countryside is not due to vandalism, but to sheerignorance.
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So many drivers err through sheerignorance and for no other reason.
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However, they have relied on the sheerignorance of the tenants.
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It is no exaggeration to say that the result has been the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives in this country, mainly through sheerignorance.
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I also believe that because of the complexity of the tax there is a great deal of unconscious evasion through the sheerignorance of the small investor.
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