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   nes·cient

   /ˈneSH(ē)ənt/

   adjective

   • 1. lacking knowledge; ignorant: literary "I ventured into the new Korean restaurant with some equally nescient companions"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin nescient- ‘not knowing’, from the verb nescire, from ne- ‘not’ + scire ‘know’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. nescience noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

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