half-educated

adjective

1. not having benefited from a comprehensive education

Example Sentences

And of course the virus of antisemitism, to which half-educated minds seem peculiarly vulnerable, had its part to play.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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“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.

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