ignore (ignores 3rd person present) (ignoring present participle) (ignored past tense & past participle )
1 verb If you ignore someone or something, you pay no attention to them.
She said her husband ignored her... V n
2 verb If you say that an argument or theory ignores an important aspect of a situation, you are criticizing it because it fails to consider that aspect or to take it into account.
(=overlook)
Such arguments ignore the question of where ultimate responsibility lay. V n