know-nothing
Example Sentences
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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
It’s a movie about actors, their insecurities and their struggles with those know-nothing writers and producers, so it’s no surprise that the thespian crowd adores it.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2022
Strong has a way of conveying the tight, pointed superficiality of a know-nothing execu-bro who radiates enough competence to pull a room's attention.
From Salon • Oct. 17, 2021
Hopkins believes we’re all deeply lonely, and acknowledging that, along with our know-nothing state, is liberating.
From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2021
I looked at her with my know-nothing face, but inside I was trembling.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
