Timeline for Connotatively neutral alternatives to "ignorant"?
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| Jun 14, 2014 at 9:35 | answer | added | nl-x | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 14, 2014 at 9:20 | history | edited | Mari-Lou A |
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| Feb 2, 2014 at 12:53 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | What @Kris said. If someone is "generically" uninformed (i.e. - they lack knowledge of many things that most other people know about), there's probably an unavoidable real-world negative connotation anyway. There would certainly need to be some reason (they know nothing because they're incurious, unobservant, unschooled, stupid, etc.). In the absence of any specific context, I therefore think this question is Unclear. | |
| Feb 2, 2014 at 10:36 | answer | added | Louel | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 2, 2014 at 7:28 | comment | added | Kris | Just as ignorant does not mean or imply the same thing in every context, so will be your choice of an alternative. Consider one context at a time; include that in the question for now. | |
| Feb 2, 2014 at 4:48 | answer | added | David M | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 2, 2014 at 4:32 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/429834685716647937 | ||
| Feb 2, 2014 at 2:26 | answer | added | bib | timeline score: 0 | |
| Feb 2, 2014 at 1:02 | comment | added | user39720 | I like Robusto's suggestion in the link you provided: unaware. TFD cites Collins English Dictionary's definition not fully cognizant of what is going on in the world. In my opinion, "He was unaware of X" has the same meaning as "He did not know X" without the stigma in "He was ignorant of X." Its synonym, incognizant, also seems a good choice. | |
| Feb 2, 2014 at 0:45 | comment | added | d'alar'cop | "nescient", "in the dark" or "unlearned"?.. these are all quite neutral. | |
| Feb 2, 2014 at 0:07 | answer | added | Mari-Lou A | timeline score: 0 | |
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| Feb 1, 2014 at 23:38 | history | asked | redyoshi49q | CC BY-SA 3.0 |