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know-nothing
know-noth·ing (nō′nŭth′ĭng)n.1. A totally ignorant person; an ignoramus.2. An anti-intellectual.3. An agnostic.4. Know-Nothing A member of a political party in the United States during the 1850s that was antagonistic toward recent immigrants and Roman Catholics. know′-noth′ing·ism n.know-nothing n informal derogatory an ignorant person know′-noth`ing n. 1. an ignorant or totally uninformed person; ignoramus. 2. (caps.) a member of a U.S. political party of the 1850s, whose aim was to exclude Catholics and the foreign-born from political participation: so called because members professed ignorance of the party's activities. 3. an agnostic. [1815–25] know-nothing
know-nothingA completely ignorant, uninformed, or unknowledgeable person. I wish my father had never hired a know-nothing like you to manage our accounts! |