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The answer to this is probably painfully obvious, but is there a verb to describe "being ignorant"?

I was discussing a sensitive subject with an LGBT friend and we touched on the ignorance of a certain individual. I was about to use a modified "haters gonna hate", but "ignorants gonna ignorant" is awful.

I wasn't going for grammatical excellence, the intention was to be silly, but it occurred to me that I've never learned a word to describe the act of being ignorant. Or perhaps I have and never made the connection.

Is there one?

Edit: This is not a duplicate of the suggested question. I'm looking to maintain the negative connotation of the word.

Best Answer

ignoramuses are going to ignore

ignoramus
noun ig·no·ra·mus \ˌig-nə-ˈrā-məs also -ˈra-\ : a person who does not know much : an ignorant or stupid person Merriam Webster


ignore
1.1 Fail to consider (something significant):
the rules ignore one important principle of cricket Oxford Dictionaries

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