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uneducated

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

Origin

adjective

not educated.

Origin:
1580–90; un-¹ + educated

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

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uneducated (ʌnˈɛdjʊˌkeɪtɪd)

—*adj*
	not having been educated to a good standard: poor uneducated people

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Word Origin & History

uneducated

1588, from un- (1) "not" + pp. of educate.

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