1. deliberately disregarding or failing to pay attention to the intended purpose, target, or aim of an action or endeavor
By focusing only on profits, the company was ignoring the goal of providing quality service.
Ao focar apenas nos lucros, a empresa estava ignorando o objetivo de fornecer um serviço de qualidade.
2. overlooking the main purpose or objective in favor of secondary concerns
The student was ignoring the goal of learning by simply memorizing for the test.
O estudante estava ignorando o objetivo de aprender apenas memorizando para a prova.