IGNORED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ignored mean? 

• IGNORED (adjective)
  The adjective IGNORED has 1 sense:

1. disregarded

  Familiarity information: IGNORED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IGNORED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Disregarded

Synonyms:

ignored; neglected; unheeded

Context example:

her ignored advice

Similar:

unnoticed (not noticed)

 Context examples 

Even a man- animal, a god, White Fang ignored, such was the terror he was in of losing his mother.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

The appeal was one which could not be ignored.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"I never shall forgive you," was Jo's stern answer, and from that moment she ignored Amy entirely.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

But he ignored me, for the picture he had in mind was before his eyes and he was seeing it.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

He ignored my sarcasm, saying, “Suppose I clap the hatch on, now? You won’t fool me as you did in the lazarette.”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Several of his letters being ignored, Martin indicted an angry one which drew a reply.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The WMO says the overall long-term warming trend since the late 1970s is worrying and cannot be ignored.

(World Meteorological Org.: Arctic Warming Appears Irreversible, VOA)

Buck received them in comradely fashion, Dave ignored them, while Spitz proceeded to thrash first one and then the other.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

CHAI Foundation is a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization formed to fund biomedical research into promising avenues largely ignored because they do not conform to current group-think.

(CHAI Foundation, NCI Thesaurus)

Many earlier attempts to estimate the number of species on Earth ignored microorganisms or were informed by older datasets based on biased techniques or questionable extrapolations.

(Researchers find that Earth may be home to 1 trillion species, NSF)