Definition of ineducable in English:
ineducable
adjective ɪnˈɛdjʊkəb(ə)lɪnˈɛdʒəkəbəl
Considered incapable of being educated, especially (formerly) as a result of mental disability.
the service provides special education for those previously described as ineducable
Example sentencesExamples
- It became apparent that there was, not so much a belief that some people were ineducable, but a complete unwillingness to see these as people worth educating.
- Really he was ineducable, they tried to take him to England and put him through the Oxbridge education system, and he was a complete failure at this.
- The first chapter describes enlightened attempts to civilise two boys who seem to have been ineducable.
- If a person doesn't see that by now, he is probably ineducable.
- The principal called me ‘a filthy ineducable little beast.’
- By the time the poor saps get to college, they are ineducable.
- Well, first of all, may I make a point about the recommendations on education that came from this report which said that he could be ineducable.
Derivatives
noun ɪnɛdjʊkəˈbɪlɪti
Continual testing confirmed beliefs about their ineducability, and determined official perceptions about their future performance.
Example sentencesExamples
- He is curious but not smart, naïve but not noble, and his most outstanding character trait is his ineducability.
- The illiteracy of Africans their fundamental ineducability seemed to confirm their primitive status and justify their enslavement.
Definition of ineducable in US English:
ineducable
adjectiveɪnˈɛdʒəkəbəlinˈejəkəbəl
Considered incapable of being educated, especially (formerly) as a result of mental disability.
Example sentencesExamples
- The first chapter describes enlightened attempts to civilise two boys who seem to have been ineducable.
- By the time the poor saps get to college, they are ineducable.
- If a person doesn't see that by now, he is probably ineducable.
- Really he was ineducable, they tried to take him to England and put him through the Oxbridge education system, and he was a complete failure at this.
- It became apparent that there was, not so much a belief that some people were ineducable, but a complete unwillingness to see these as people worth educating.
- Well, first of all, may I make a point about the recommendations on education that came from this report which said that he could be ineducable.
- The principal called me ‘a filthy ineducable little beast.’