undereducated

adjective

un·​der·​ed·​u·​cat·​ed ˌən-dər-ˈe-jə-ˌkā-təd How to pronounce undereducated (audio)
: poorly educated

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And what our society produces is people who are undereducated, or just educated enough to perform specific tasks—the way to get a good education is to study something that has this high economic value. Karl Ove Knausgaard, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025 Trump’s politics may be ugly, foolish, and vain, but ours is often an ugly, undereducated, and vain country. Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024 Too many men overlook it or are undereducated about it. R. Eric Thomas, The Denver Post, 3 Oct. 2024 The incalculable damage wrought is everywhere: undereducated children, increases in suicides and drug overdoses, a general coarsening of society and intensified political division. Cory Franklin, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for undereducated

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of undereducated was in 1848

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“Undereducated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undereducated. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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