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单词 uneducated
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uneducated

adjective

un·​ed·​u·​cat·​ed ˌən-ˈe-jə-ˌkā-təd How to pronounce uneducated (audio)
: having or showing little or no formal schooling : not educated
Owing to my father being left an orphan at the age of six years, in poverty, and in a new country, he became a wholly uneducated man. Abraham Lincoln
an uneducated attitude

Synonyms

  • analphabetic
  • benighted
  • dark
  • ignorant
  • illiterate
  • nonliterate
  • rude
  • simple
  • uninstructed
  • unlearned
  • unlettered
  • unread
  • unschooled
  • untaught
  • untutored
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Thus, members of the popular economy who are uneducated will lack the capacities and skills to enter the formal workforce, particularly in poor and developing nations like Argentina. Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022 This is especially important since research shows that more than 50% of Black women in Côte d’Ivoire are uneducated, and 73.7% of women are illiterate. Jasmine Browley, Essence, 14 July 2022 Just want to leave this here for the ignorant and arrogant people who have chosen to remain uneducated about what this means for we women who bare this burden. Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com, 27 June 2022 These parents are not uneducated, Froehlke told me. New York Times, 25 May 2022 Based on real-life events and people, Tracy Chevalier's novel takes place in 19th century England and tells the story of uneducated Mary Anning who uncovers an unusual fossilized skeleton, which rattles the scientific community. Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 13 May 2022 The actual results, according to Metzl, were an increase in White deaths because of poor health care, suicide by gun and despair over being uneducated and unemployable. Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2022 People uneducated in antiques often share the same misguided ideas about how much old things are worth. Lizzie Feidelson, The New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2022 Ukrainian was long scorned as the language of uneducated villagers while Russian was seen as the language of the urban elite. James Marson, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1598, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

uneducated

adjective

un·​ed·​u·​cat·​ed
ˌən-ˈe-jə-ˌkā-təd
1
: lacking in education and especially schooling
2
: based on little or no knowledge or fact
an uneducated guess

uneducated

adjective

as in ignorant
lacking in education or the knowledge gained from books a literary reference that could not be grasped by an uneducated person

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • ignorant
  • illiterate
  • inexperienced
  • unschooled
  • untutored
  • untaught
  • dark
  • benighted
  • unlearned
  • uninstructed
  • unlettered
  • nonliterate
  • simple
  • innocent
  • rude
  • naive
  • unknowledgeable
  • unread
  • semiliterate
  • uncultured
  • unsophisticated
  • foolish
  • stupid
  • analphabetic
  • unskilled
  • dumb
  • idiotic
  • untrained
  • artless
  • uncultivated
  • innumerate
  • imbecile
  • lowbrow
  • moronic
  • functionally illiterate
  • philistine
  • naïve
  • callow
  • green
  • witless
  • brainless
  • silly
  • imbecilic
  • idiotical
  • senseless
  • raw

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • educated
  • literate
  • knowledgeable
  • intelligent
  • brilliant
  • smart
  • schooled
  • expert
  • experienced
  • trained
  • lettered
  • erudite
  • well-informed
  • intellectual
  • well-read
  • learned
  • cultured
  • scholarly
  • sophisticated
  • aware
  • familiar
  • cultivated
  • highbrow
  • acquainted
  • polymathic
  • polymath
  • polyhistoric
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