ignored; ignoring
ignorer
noun
Synonyms
Examples of ignore in a Sentence
She tried to ignore him but he wouldn't leave her alone.
I'll ignore that last remark.
If we continue to ignore these problems they will only get worse.
They ignored the warning signs.
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But former Twitter employees say Musk sees laws, regulations and procedures as unnecessary speed bumps meant to be ignored.
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Clare Duffy, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
Equally, ignoring the barriers imposed historically and currently against many of our fellow humans will not only impact thousands of careers but will have a regressive effect on our abilities to work together and develop an essential glue of civil society, empathy.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 Feb. 2025
Despite earning more nominations at this year’s Grammy Awards than any other record, Cowboy Carter was largely ignored by Nashville’s Music Row and excluded from another major awards show, last November’s 58th annual CMA Awards.
—Brittney McKenna, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2025
Populism ignores very real and differentiated social problems and cuts across them with a fictive target, a target that simultaneously satisfies all, and none, of these problems.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
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Clare Duffy, CNN, 5 Feb. 2025
Equally, ignoring the barriers imposed historically and currently against many of our fellow humans will not only impact thousands of careers but will have a regressive effect on our abilities to work together and develop an essential glue of civil society, empathy.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 Feb. 2025
Despite earning more nominations at this year’s Grammy Awards than any other record, Cowboy Carter was largely ignored by Nashville’s Music Row and excluded from another major awards show, last November’s 58th annual CMA Awards.
—Brittney McKenna, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2025
Populism ignores very real and differentiated social problems and cuts across them with a fictive target, a target that simultaneously satisfies all, and none, of these problems.
—Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Newsweek, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Ignore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ignore. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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ignore
verb
ig·nore
ig-ˈnō(ə)r 
-ˈnȯ(ə)r
ignored; ignoring
: to refuse to notice : pay no attention to
ignored his advice
ignorer
noun
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