wilfully blind
Frequency: 6.50.8 per million words
deliberately refusing to acknowledge something obvious
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- Many people choose to be wilfully blind to the harsh realities of poverty.
- The company was accused of being wilfully blind to the environmental impact of its operations.
- He remained wilfully blind to his friend's manipulative behavior, despite all the warnings.
- It's often easier to be wilfully blind than to confront an uncomfortable truth.
- The government was criticized for being wilfully blind to the growing social unrest.
- Parents sometimes become wilfully blind to their children's faults.
- To ignore such clear evidence would be to be wilfully blind.
- The public cannot afford to be wilfully blind to the threats posed by climate change.
- Despite overwhelming data, some officials chose to be wilfully blind to the crisis.
- Her refusal to acknowledge the problem made her seem wilfully blind to the situation.