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One of this play’s many delights arrives when down-market, undereducated Becky comes face-to-face with the aristocratic Susan, their similarities soon as peculiar and glaring as their differences.
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2026
One option for unemployed and undereducated young people can be the military, but a 2022 study from the Pentagon found that 77 percent of young Americans are ineligible to serve due to their weight, drug use, or mental and/or physical health.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
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
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Apr. 2026
One option for unemployed and undereducated young people can be the military, but a 2022 study from the Pentagon found that 77 percent of young Americans are ineligible to serve due to their weight, drug use, or mental and/or physical health.
—Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 July 2025
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
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“Undereducated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undereducated. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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