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
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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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