Sentence examples similar to an elementary ignorance of from inspiring English sources

Mr. Simpson's report, based on an extended study he conducted as a deputy examiner for the State Department, said that most Foreign Service applicants were handicapped by "an abysmal ignorance of so elementary a subject as the geography of the United States, deficient in a knowledge of even contemporary culture" and "pitifully uninformed" on basic questions of the society in which they lived.

This complacency reveals an alarming ignorance of digital technology.

Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too.

There's probably an ignorance of biomechanics and kinesiology.

This seems to indicate an ignorance of basic macroeconomics.

These extremists exploit a widespread ignorance of human rights.

It suggests a hopeless ignorance of the force of Duras.

Two ignorance states for a knowledge agent are identified: (1) non-reflective (or blind) state, i.e. the person does not know of self-ignorance, a case of ignorance of ignorance; and (2) reflective state, i.e. the person knows and recognizes self-ignorance.

The equally indefatigable Krugman has been lecturing Ferguson for almost as long about his ignorance of elementary (Keynesian) economics and the bond market.

What we truly cannot allow to continue is the president's abysmal ignorance of elementary economics; if the Wharton School had any self-respect, it would rescind his degree.

You can forgive a regular guy's ignorance of quantum mechanics, but for the policy honchos of a big country not to know the elementary rules of citation is unpardonable.