Meaning of ignored in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    ignored

    Definitions

    1. disregarded

    Examples

    • « his cries were unheeded »
    • « Shaw's neglected one-act comedy, 'A Village Wooing' »
    • « her ignored advice »

    Synonyms

Famous quotes

  • « Far too many times over the next 12 to 15 years, it was brought to my attention that people who followed my exercise guidelines exactly but ignored their diet, their weight and their cigarette smoking had heart attacks at age 55. »
    Kenneth H. Cooper
  • « All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome. »
    George Orwell
  • « Could it be that all those reports coming from our own intelligence that Bush ignored was right all along? Could it be that the UN was right all along? »
    Peter Schuyler
  • « I think Al Gore has done a great service in making global warming cool. He's basically taken it from a nerdy, almost ignored issue to making it what it is - namely, a problem. »
    Bjorn Lomborg
  • « The voice of the intelligence is drowned out by the roar of fear. It is ignored by the voice of desire. It is contradicted by the voice of shame. It is biased by hate and extinguished by anger. Most of all it is silenced by ignorance. »
    Karl A. Menninger

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