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    Default in blithe ignorance of

    Please, put this in some example sentences to illustrate the point.
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    Default Re: in blithe ignorance of

    In blithe ingorance of his boss's ill temper that morning, Charlie cheerfully went into his office, carrying a coffee for each of them, to review the details of the project.

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    Default Re: in blithe ignorance of

    Quote Originally Posted by Archie View Post
    Please, put this in some example sentences to illustrate the point.
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    Blithe means happy

    The child played in the middle of the street in blithe ignorance of the on-coming truck.



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    Default Re: in blithe ignorance of

    There is another meaning: blithe = without thought or regard, carefree
    untroubled, easy-going,
    negligent,unmindful,unheeding
    remiss, inadvertent

    So we tend to live in blithe ignorance of the world's horrors. Wars, famines,
    genocide, disease, earthquakes, and other natural disasters are always ...

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