ineducable

American  

[in-ej-oo-kuh-buhl] / ɪnˈɛdʒ ʊ kə bəl /

adjective

1. incapable of being educated, especially because of some condition, as intellectual disability or emotional disturbance.

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ineducable British  

/ ɪnˈɛdjʊkəbəl /

adjective

1. incapable of being educated, esp on account of mental retardation

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Other Word Forms

• ineducability noun

Etymology

Origin of ineducable

First recorded in 1880–85; in- ³ + educable

Example Sentences

De l’Epée, upon encountering two Deaf girls and watching them communicate, found that the Deaf, then seen as ineducable, were in fact adroit students, so he began applying a more sophisticated structure to their native hand signals and gestures.

From New York Times

Too often, the Israelis have viewed the Palestinians—and Arab Muslims in general—as the ineducable “other,” who is best left to his own rules so long as Israelis aren’t killed.

From The Wall Street Journal

“He believed himself to be complete. Ineducable because there was nothing more he would need to know.”

From Washington Post

He lambastes U.S. schools of education as an "unintentional conspiracy to defraud the American public because they are certifying the ineducable to be educators."

From Time Magazine Archive