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IGNORED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Disregarded
Example:
her ignored advice
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
unnoticed (not noticed)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb ignore
Context examples:
The results show a strong link between pesticides and colon cancer mortality and as such cannot be ignored, says co-author Francis Martin, based at the University of Central Lancashire’s School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences.
(Pesticides blamed for rise in colon cancer deaths, SciDev.Net)
White Fang even bristled up to him and walked stiff-legged, but Lip-lip ignored the challenge.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Hitherto he had ignored her, but now, both masters failing him, she alone was left.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
He ignored Mr. Morse, who said: I am unconvinced. All socialists are Jesuits.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
But Wolf Larsen ignored that worthy, turning at once to the cabin-boy.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Among the terriers he stalked imperiously, and Toots and Ysabel he utterly ignored, for he was king,—king over all creeping, crawling, flying things of Judge Miller’s place, humans included.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
Fervently hoping that he would get out before she did, Amy utterly ignored the basket at her feet, and congratulating herself that she had on her new traveling dress, returned the young man's greeting with her usual suavity and spirit.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
He ignored her existence whenever it was possible, and made it a point to keep out of her way.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
He wrote again and again, begging, entreating, threatening, but his letters were ignored.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
He quite ignored my presence, though I credited him with being simply unable to see me.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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