Sentence examples for generally ignorant from inspiring English sources
"The new generations, generally ignorant of or indifferent to history, need logical reasons and practical interests to determine that a priority should be given to the transatlantic relationship," said Jacqueline Grapin, president of the European Institute in Washington.
Americans, who are generally ignorant of the impact of geography on politics -- an ignorance made possible by the protection of two vast oceans, patrolled by the most powerful navy in world history, and two friendly and far less powerful countries on our only borders -- may not understand the unique combination of pride and paranoia in the Russian character.
Most Nigerians considered the question outrageous, condescending and generally ignorant.
True, consumers ultimately buy these goods, but they are generally ignorant of the overall impact.
"Things that I never thought I could say without being afraid of retaliation from the generally ignorant society around me.
"On one hand they received a good education from the Soviet system, and on the other they were generally ignorant of the repression; they never had a chance to become used to it.
This pretty much set the tone for our experience with physicians: generally woefully ignorant, and not interested in investigating beyond the diagnosis.
So, Rev. Wright speaks somewhat correctly when he observes that white people are generally quite ignorant of what the "black church experience" actually is.
Whiteness confers many, many social protections of which white people generally remain blissfully ignorant, and that allows whites great access to sexual non-conformity from which people of color are all too often barred.
In modern times he is remembered more for his Kitab al-I'tibar ("Book of Learning by Example" or "Book of Contemplation"), which contains lengthy descriptions of the crusaders, whom he interacted with on many occasions, and some of whom he considered friends, although he generally saw them as ignorant foreigners.
They were also more likely to view Republicans generally as close-minded and ignorant, less likely to represent people like them, and to have more negative feelings toward them.
