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uneducated

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un⋅ed⋅u⋅cat⋅ed

  [uhn-ej-oo-key-tid, -ed-yoo-]
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–adjective
not educated.
Origin:
1580–90; un- 1 + educated

Synonyms:
untutored, unschooled, untaught, uninstructed, unenlightened, uninformed, uncultivated. See ignorant.
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un·ed·u·cat·ed   (ŭn-ěj'ə-kā'tĭd)   
adj.  Not educated.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

uneducated 
1588, from un- (1) "not" + pp. of educate.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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