undereducate

[uhn-der-ej-oo-keyt]

verb (used with object)

undereducated, undereducating 

1. to educate too little or poorly.

Other Word Forms

• undereducation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of undereducate¹

under- + educate

Example Sentences

Those and other efforts to undereducate Black people have been a deliberate policy choice aimed and leaving them left out and left behind.

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