uneducated

[uhn-ej-oo-key-tid, -ed-yoo-]

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adjective

not educated.

Origin of uneducated

First recorded in 1580–90; un-¹ + educated

Synonyms

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untutored, unschooled, untaught, uninstructed, unenlightened, uninformed, uncultivated. See ignorant.

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Examples from the Web for uneducated

Contemporary Examples

Moreover, uneducated Americans have a competitive advantage because of their fluency in English.
The Case for More Low-Skill Immigration
Veronique de Rugy
December 7, 2014
Out West, in a tepee, on a reservation, alcohol, drug abuse, drain on society, poverty, uneducated—beaten down.
A Millennium After Inventing the Game, the Iroquois Are Lacrosse’s New Superpower
Evin Demirel
July 21, 2014
The violence and uneducated anger that my husband endured will not be the world in which my son grows up.
A Message of Hope in Response to the Attack on Prabhjot Singh
Manmeet Kaur
September 25, 2013
The gun-control debate is not a new one, and the voters who care about it are not uneducated on the subject.
Hillary Was Right: Obama’s Inexperience Sank Gun Deal
Stuart Stevens
April 19, 2013
Formerly, this sector, poverty stricken and uneducated, was the puppet of the Religious Zionists and others.
Israel’s Religious Zionist Vs. Ultra-Orthodox Rift
Rabbi Daniel Landes
February 7, 2013

Historical Examples

But to the uneducated eye of Andrew Lanning it was a great and dignified building.
Way of the Lawless
Max Brand
She was uneducated and ill-mannered, impulsive and quarrelsome.
Handel
Edward J. Dent
Their ideas of history, for instance, are simply cheap and uneducated.
Alarms and Discursions
G. K. Chesterton
But Panther was not pleased to think that his brother was so uneducated, so he had him study.
The Chinese Fairy Book
Various
To the uneducated person he would appear to be the ideal of a judge.
Statesman
Plato

British Dictionary definitions for uneducated

uneducated

adjective

not having been educated to a good standardpoor uneducated people

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Word Origin and History for uneducated

adj.

1580s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of educate.

uneducated

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Synonyms

Examples from the Web for uneducated

Contemporary Examples

Moreover, uneducated Americans have a competitive advantage because of their fluency in English.

Out West, in a tepee, on a reservation, alcohol, drug abuse, drain on society, poverty, uneducated—beaten down.

The violence and uneducated anger that my husband endured will not be the world in which my son grows up.

The gun-control debate is not a new one, and the voters who care about it are not uneducated on the subject.

Formerly, this sector, poverty stricken and uneducated, was the puppet of the Religious Zionists and others.

Historical Examples

But to the uneducated eye of Andrew Lanning it was a great and dignified building.

She was uneducated and ill-mannered, impulsive and quarrelsome.

Their ideas of history, for instance, are simply cheap and uneducated.

But Panther was not pleased to think that his brother was so uneducated, so he had him study.

To the uneducated person he would appear to be the ideal of a judge.

uneducated

Word Origin and History for uneducated

adj.

Origin of uneducated