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uneducated en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ʌnˈɛd͡ʒʊkeɪtɪd/ (UK)
• /ʌnˈɛd͡ʒəkeɪtɪd/ (US)
• /ʌnˈɛdjʊkeɪtɪd/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English educate English -ed English educated English uneducated From un- + educated.

Meanings

1. Not educated.
   • Ben Carson said his Republican rivals aren’t his biggest threat in the presidential election – it’s uneducated voters. 2016 January 27, Tal Kopan, “Ben Carson: Uneducated voters a ‘threat’”, in CNN:

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Deriveds

uneducatedness · uneducatedly · uneducated guess

Relateds

noneducated · educated

Translations (42)

tr eğitimsiz (not educated) · grc ἀμαθής (not educated) · ga tuatach (not educated) · es ineducado (not educated) · pl niewykształcony (not educated) · ko 무식하다 (not educated) · pt inculto (not educated) · pdt onbelieet (not educated) · nl ongeschoold (not educated) · es non educado (not educated) · es sin estudios (not educated) · ko 무지하다 (not educated) · ga lábánta (not educated) · ga gan oideachas (not educated) · ko 멍청하다 (not educated) · hi अशिक्षित (not educated) · it incolto (not educated) · ga gan scoil (not educated) · hu tanulatlan (not educated) · grc ἀπαίδευτος (not educated) · fi kouluttamaton (not educated) · ka გაუნათლებელი (not educated) · el αμόρφωτος (not educated) · la inērudītus (not educated) · kk білімсіз (not educated) · af onopgevoed (not educated) · yi נישט־דערצויגן (not educated) · bg необразо́ван (not educated) · es indocto (not educated) · ky билимсиз (not educated) · de ungebildet (not educated) · got 𐌿𐌽𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌹𐌸𐍃 (not educated) · cs nevzdělaný (not educated) · ru необразо́ванный (not educated) · de bildungsfern (not educated) · la illitterātus (not educated) · fr inculte (not educated) · es inculto (not educated) · hu műveletlen (not educated) · ko 배운 데 없다 (not educated) · ko 무학하다 (not educated) · la indoctus (not educated)

uneducated en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ʌnˈɛd͡ʒʊkeɪtɪd/ (UK)
• /ʌnˈɛd͡ʒəkeɪtɪd/ (US)
• /ʌnˈɛdjʊkeɪtɪd/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English educate English -ed English educated English uneducated From un- + educated.

Meanings

1. Someone who lacks education.
   • So what happened? It’s fun to point the finger. Some say it was the poors, or the uneducateds, or even the third-party voters. No matter the scenario, it’s always fun to blame someone else and throw up your hands (while a finger on each is pointed of course). 2018 May 28, Joel Edelman, “Primary election 2018 coverage for the deaf”, in Today's featured shit:
   • […] A few mojaheddin and militants screaming about our oil money and yelling about foreign interference, and we a bunch of uneducateds, how could we have known that they would do this to us.” 2011 February 10, Littleblackfish, “Cab confessionals: Iranians respond to Egypt”, in Index on Censorship:
   • If you want to see evil in his books, you'll have to search into the uneducateds and the poors (something that is usually mistaked as racism from Lovecraft). 2018 March 24, Huillam, Warframe Forums:

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