know-nothing
Example Sentences
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Who hasn’t had the experience of hearing some know-nothing proudly display his ignorance — whether in a bar, on a crowded plane or on Joe Rogan’s podcast?
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
The effort always includes promotional videos, such as one this summer featuring a know-it-all who is exposed as a know-nothing because he doesn’t know where tickets are sold.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2022
My mom, unlike Akeem, was not a know-nothing blowing her money and trying to fit in by pretending to be working class.
From Slate • Mar. 5, 2021
A loud-talking know-nothing who would not go anywhere.
From Washington Post • Jun. 5, 2016
‘I is not a very know-all giant myself, but it seems to me that you is an absolutely know-nothing human bean. Your brain is full of rotten-wool.’
From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl
