confession of ignorance
Example Sentences
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While we have no reason to dispute Kennedy’s confession of ignorance about the nation’s security, we do know a great deal more than he lets on.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2019
I also knew that universities did not reward ignorance, or the confession of ignorance, and so I kept my ignorance to myself and pretended that I knew what I was doing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2017
All that shy appeal to us, all that confession of ignorance, has taught us what wonderfully wise fellows we are.
From Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) by Lucia Gilbert Calhoun
Others gave me information that I couldn't have got from Odell without a confession of ignorance, or from the Misses Callender without impertinence.
From Lord John in New York by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson
You are strong enough to say, 'I don't know,' and a confession of ignorance is a step toward wisdom.
From The Colossus A Novel by Opie Percival Read
