Who's Not Aware?

Today's Word "nescience"



nescience \NESH-uhn(t)s; NESH-ee-uhn(t)s\ (noun) - Lack of knowledge or awareness; ignorance.





"The keynote speaker's seeming nescience on the subject of global warming was a tremendous cause for concern to everyone at the conference."


Nescience is from Latin nescire, "not to know," from ne-, "not" + scire, "to know." It is related to science. Nescient is the adjective form.