know-nothing Definition
know·-nothing (nō′nut̸h′iŋ)
noun
- an ignorant person; ignoramus
- Rare an agnostic
- a member of a secret political party in the U.S. in the 1850s with a program of keeping out of public office anyone not a native-born American: so called because members professed ignorance of the party's activities
know-nothing Synonyms
know-nothing Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
pundit: The same know-nothing pundits who came to Molineux on Saturday expecting a cricket score.
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