half-educated
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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It had been found instead by half-educated seamen prepared to stand on the deck of a ship in all weathers.
From Literature
But perhaps the big issue the constitution was trying to address was the culture of the 1980s and early 1990s, when the Kenyan president tended to be surrounded by half-educated sycophants.
From BBC
Unfortunately, this is not how many in the Western world have come to identify the concept, thanks to statements issued by extremists who are half-educated, weak-minded pseudo scholars.
“A doctor will say, ‘A half-educated patient is the worst kind of patient,’” Musiker says, adding that the “pediatric mom” is another problematic paradigm.
From US News
Reichardt wants existential mystery: we’re meant simply to accept the trio as outlaws, resentful, half-educated, nihilistic, and in way over their heads.
From The New Yorker
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