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ignore the warning

/ɪɡˈnɔːr ðə ˈwɔːrnɪŋ/

Meaning

To pay no attention to a caution, alert, or piece of advice about a potential danger or problem. In business, this often refers to disregarding financial alerts, safety protocols, or IT security notifications.

Examples

  • If you ignore the warning about the system update, your computer might crash during the presentation.

    If you ignore the warning about the system update, your computer might crash during the presentation.

  • The project manager chose to ignore the warning from the QA team, which resulted in a buggy software release.

    The project manager chose to ignore the warning from the QA team, which resulted in a buggy software release.

  • We cannot afford to ignore the warning signs of a declining market.

    We cannot afford to ignore the warning signs of a declining market.

  • He decided to ignore the warning on the machine and operated it without safety goggles.

    He decided to ignore the warning on the machine and operated it without safety goggles.

  • The company went bankrupt because the executives continued to ignore the warning from their financial advisors.

    The company went bankrupt because the executives continued to ignore the warning from their financial advisors.

Common Mistakes

  • ✗ They ignored to the warning and lost all their unsaved data.

    ✓ They ignored the warning and lost all their unsaved data.

    The verb 'ignore' is transitive and takes a direct object. You do not need to use the preposition 'to' after it.

  • ✗ She made to ignore the warning of the manager.

    ✓ She chose to ignore the warning from the manager.

    'Made to ignore' is ungrammatical in this context. Use 'chose to ignore' or 'decided to ignore' to show a deliberate action. Also, warnings usually come 'from' someone.

Related Expressions

disregard the alertturn a blind eye to the warningpay no attention to the caution

Practice

  • It is highly risky to ___ from your IT department regarding suspicious phishing emails.

    💡 Disregard the security alert.

    Show answer

    ignore the warning

  • If you ___ about the budget deficit, the company will run out of money by December.

    💡 Pay no attention to the financial caution.

    Show answer

    ignore the warning

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