know-nothing

Speech parts

1. know-nothing - Noun

2. know-nothing - Adjective

Meaning

A member of a secret political organization in the United States, the chief objects of which were the proscription of foreigners by the repeal of the naturalization laws, and the exclusive choice of native Americans for office.

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Dinosaurs have a bad public image as symbols of obsolescence and hulking in­ inefficiency; in political cartoons they are know-nothing conservatives that plod through miasmic swamps to inevitable extinction. Robert T. Bakker

It is so depressing to watch, almost on a daily basis, the erasure of great men by know-nothing non-entities who can build nothing, create nothing, do nothing but destroy all that does not conform to the ever shifting pieties of present-tense virtue-signalling. Mark Steyn

Boyega then responded with a famous quote from "", "You know nothing Jon Snow." Source: Internet

And their eventual collapse will fall upon future generations, who will know nothing of their specious benefits but will feel the full impact of their economic destruction. Source: Internet

Allen's Oscar-winning motion picture Annie Hall (1977) had McLuhan in a cameo as himself: a pompous academic arguing with Allen in a cinema queue is silenced by McLuhan suddenly appearing and saying, "You know nothing of my work." Source: Internet

Battlefront 2 had only just said it was closing down support and while Fallen Order is getting a sequel we know nothing about it. Source: Internet

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