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Recent Examples of uneducated These consequences will not be limited to the poor, the uneducated or minority groups. Arthur L. Kellermann, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025 Then, the people who are uneducated and his kind of Spinozan idea that the uneducated are closer to animals and God, really, because they’re not spoiled by knowledge. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2025 Suddenly, your oldest is helping the youngest, or your toddler is excitedly explaining Santa to his woefully uneducated baby sister. Elizabeth Broadbent, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2025 The Catholic Church openly collaborated with the Ustaše, whose support came largely from young men with rural, blue-collar, uneducated backgrounds. Larry Luxner, Sun Sentinel, 5 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for uneducated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uneducated
ignorant
Adjective
  • In fact, the term itself was an epithet throughout the founding era, a way to describe ignorant and easily deceived popular majorities, perpetually vulnerable to demagogues.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • International students are close to entirely ignorant of Canadian history and politics.
    Dónal Gill, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025

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