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Definition of ignoring : of Ignore

Synonyms:

neglecting, disregarding, overlooking

disqualifying, ousting, deporting, banning, exiling, amputating, ejecting, forbidding, prohibiting, eliminating, extraditing, rejecting, excising, eradicating, expatriating, blacklisting, evicting, excluding, repudiating, proscribing, banishing, disbarring, barring, excommunicating, ostracizing, removing, denying, blackballing, renouncing, relegating, disallowing, expelling, boycotting

failing, forgetting

dreamy, thoughtless, negligent, heedless, absent, oblivious, inattentive, faraway, disinterested, detached, uninterested, unconscious, preoccupied, wandering, aloof, disregardful, inadvertent, distracted, unconcerned, unmindful, unheedful, befuddled, absent-minded, napping

Usage examples:

• Lane inquired, ignoring the large question. - "Together", Robert Herrick (1868-1938).
• This statement was true and there appeared no means of ignoring it. - "The Reign of Greed Complete English Version of 'El Filibusterismo'", Jose Rizal.
• " I took the liberty of askin' him, Caroline," observed Captain Elisha quietly, and ignoring the last speaker. - "Cap'n Warren's Wards", Joseph C. Lincoln.