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 Translation for 'out of ignorance' from English to French
par ignorance {adv}out of ignorance
Partial Matches
méconnaissance {f} de qc.ignorance of sth.
laisser qn. dans l'ignorance de qc.to keep sb. in ignorance of sth.
prétendre ne rien savoir de l'affaireto profess total ignorance of the matter
dr.
Nul n'est censé ignorer la loi.
Ignorance of the law is no excuse.
dehors {prep}out of
désuet {adj} [mode]out-of-date
emblée {adv} [refuser, condamner]out of hand
par dépit {adv}out of spite
hors d'atteinte {adj}out of reach
adm.
périmé {adj} [passeport]
out-of-date
hors d'atteinte {adj}out of range
hors service {adj}out of order
d'autorité {adv} [sans réflexion]out of hand
par pudeur {adv}out of shame
dépassé {adj}out-of-date
rouillé {adj} [fam.]out of practice
démodé {adj}out of fashion
comm.
épuisé {adj} [article]
out of stock
hors de vue {adj}out of sight
hors de terrain {adj} [foot, rugby]out of play
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Usage Examples English
  • In some places (of the Mahabharatha) verses have been interpolated and in others verses have been omitted in some places, the verses have been transposed and in others, different readings have been given out of ignorance or otherwise.
  • Published between 1750 and 1770 it aimed to lead people out of ignorance through the widest dissemination of knowledge.
  • The judge hearing Coulson's trial was critical of the prime minister, pondering whether the intervention was out of ignorance or deliberate, and demanded an explanation.
  • Chaucer then writes an invocation to the god of sleep asking that none, whether out of ignorance or spite, misjudge the meaning of his dream.
  • This was clearly not out of ignorance or because the works of Darwin were not widespread.

  • According to this argument, anyone who is selfish does so out of ignorance of the true nature of personal identity and irrationality.
  • He complained that some scientists rejected the worthiness of experimentation with photoelectricity out of ignorance, a situation he described as "madness."
  • During temporary storage of the find in Saarbrücken it was misused by workmen, out of ignorance, as a support for the processing of building materials and thereby suffered further damage.
  • He notes that Lottie Joplin (the composer's third wife) saw a connection between the character Treemonisha's wish to lead her people out of ignorance and a similar desire in the composer.
  • Moody, while senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne 1958-1964 in his 1961 "Poetry Chronicle" included McCuaig among the "anti-poetry versifiers who seem bent, whether out of ignorance or indifference or contempt, upon debasing their medium".

  • The logo was created to be worn such that those that speak the language can recognize other speakers and converse in it, rather than converse out of ignorance in the majority language of the Breton region, French.
  • He did not contract the disease the way most assumed at that time out of ignorance, but rather from the dentist office.
  • It is unknown if Univé's statement was made out of ignorance of the Wikipedia guidelines, or if they believe that they are not bound by these guidelines which have to be accepted when using Wikipedia.
  • Meanwhile, whatever the Sishiyas do out of ignorance turns out to be a good thing for the Paramanandayya family.
  • They said Amini was misinterpreting the Quran out of ignorance, or was deliberately twisting its words for political gain.

  • Many doctors, it asserts, are deliberately keeping such patients in pain by refusing to administer sufficient pain medications: some out of ignorance; others to avoid possible drug addiction; others from a misguided sense of stoicism.
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