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nescient — lacking knowledge or awareness; ignorant

Part of speech: ADJECTIVE

Definition: lacking knowledge or awareness; ignorant

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈnɛʃənt/

Example Sentences

  • The tourists were nescient about local customs and accidentally offended everyone at the wedding.
  • She remained nescient of her boss's plans to promote her.
  • The nescient chef added salt instead of sugar to the cake, creating a culinary disaster.

nescient

ADJECTIVE

[/ˈnɛʃənt/]

lacking knowledge or awareness; ignorant

a construction worker walks casually while looking at his phone, completely oblivious to his surroundings. He strolls directly toward a large excavator that's actively digging just ahead of him. Warning cones and safety barriers surround the dangerous machinery, but he doesn't notice any of them. The excavator operator frantically waves and gestures from the cab trying to get his attention. Other workers nearby point and shout warnings with concerned expressions on their faces. someone lacking knowledge or awareness of obvious dangers around them
💡 Concept

a construction worker walks casually while looking at his phone, completely oblivious to his surroundings. He strolls directly toward a large excavator that's actively digging just ahead of him. Warning cones and safety barriers surround the dangerous machinery, but he doesn't notice any of them. The excavator operator frantically waves and gestures from the cab trying to get his attention. Other workers nearby point and shout warnings with concerned expressions on their faces. someone lacking knowledge or awareness of obvious dangers around them

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈnɛʃənt/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈnɛʃənt/

🌳Etymology

Prefixne--
Rootsci
Suffix--ent

Origin

From Latin nescire meaning 'to not know' or 'to be ignorant of.' The word combines the negative prefix with the verb for knowledge.

Breakdown

ne- (not) + sci- (to know) + -ent (adjective suffix meaning 'having the quality of')

🎵Rhyme

prescientomniscient
prescient
omniscient

🔗Collocations

nescient public
remain nescient
nescient of dangers
blissfully nescient
nescient masses

📝Examples

😄 Fun example

“The tourists were nescient about local customs and accidentally offended everyone at the wedding.”

“She remained nescient of her boss's plans to promote her.”

😄 Fun example

“The nescient chef added salt instead of sugar to the cake, creating a culinary disaster.”

📚Related Words

Synonyms

ignorantunawareobliviousuninformedclueless

Antonyms

knowledgeableawareinformed

Related

prescientomniscientscienceconscious

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