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
A frank confession of ignorance is something that most people heartily dislike, and where problems are persistent and difficult of solution what most people are in search of is a narcotic.
From Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative by Cohen, Chapman
It may be in the sense that it is mental activity trying to find out, but it is confession of ignorance.
From The Book of the Damned by Fort, Charles
“H’m! ’ee may ask that,” replied the Scot; but as he did not add more, his companion was content to regard his words as a confession of ignorance, and passed on with the remark, “haristocrats.”
From The Settler and the Savage by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
