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undereducate

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[uhn-der-ej-oo-kayt] / ˌʌn dərˈɛdʒ ʊˌkeɪt /

verb (used with object)

undereducated, undereducating
  1. to educate too little or poorly.


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Etymology

Origin of undereducate

under- + educate


Example Sentences

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By all accounts, these self-absorbed and overcredentialed but undereducated youths are struggling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

To simply think the value will magically come back to you is to be woefully undereducated in the realities of our world.

From Salon ● Nov. 12, 2024

“We were completely undereducated in terms of conversations about prejudice and race.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2020

It’s worth noting too that the brunt of these policies falls upon a population that’s disproportionately poor and undereducated and that the measures favored by abstinence-only tobacco control activists are harsh and stigmatizing.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2018

That’s eggplant to us nonspecial, undereducated, small-town people.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

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