uneducated
adjective
un·ed·u·cat·ed
ˌən-ˈe-jə-ˌkā-təd 
: 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
Abraham Lincolnan uneducated attitude
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The resulting trial was made famous almost immediately as a contest between—take your pick—Darwin and the Bible; science and religion; modernism and traditionalism; the educated and the uneducated; the godless and the faithful.
—Lisa Grunwald, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
Even the most astronomically uneducated look up into the night sky and realize there’s something beyond themselves and this Earth.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
Goodness, no, and anyone who says otherwise is uneducated.
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 27 Mar. 2024
The parents are characterized as either considered uneducated or superstitious to understand the value of rehydration salts.
—Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 27 Feb. 2024
Well, then smaller retailers and restaurants might try to differentiate themselves by keeping the heavier and more premium-appearing bottles, which could appeal to consumers who are uneducated about bottle weight.
—Erica Duecy, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
For those of you uneducated about Star War Legos, in layman terms this means I was stabbed by a collection of Legos shaped like a prison shiv.
—Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2024
Soubirous, who was uneducated, would have had no way of knowing about this relatively obscure dogma, says the Lourdes shrine website.
—Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2024
Economists have debated the reasons for Engel’s Pause, but the leading theory is that early industrial factories depended on large quantities of unskilled and uneducated labor (in fact, many of these early factories employed lots of children).
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2024
Lisa Grunwald, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024
Even the most astronomically uneducated look up into the night sky and realize there’s something beyond themselves and this Earth.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
Goodness, no, and anyone who says otherwise is uneducated.
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 27 Mar. 2024
The parents are characterized as either considered uneducated or superstitious to understand the value of rehydration salts.
—Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 27 Feb. 2024
Well, then smaller retailers and restaurants might try to differentiate themselves by keeping the heavier and more premium-appearing bottles, which could appeal to consumers who are uneducated about bottle weight.
—Erica Duecy, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
For those of you uneducated about Star War Legos, in layman terms this means I was stabbed by a collection of Legos shaped like a prison shiv.
—Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2024
Soubirous, who was uneducated, would have had no way of knowing about this relatively obscure dogma, says the Lourdes shrine website.
—Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2024
Economists have debated the reasons for Engel’s Pause, but the leading theory is that early industrial factories depended on large quantities of unskilled and uneducated labor (in fact, many of these early factories employed lots of children).
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 16 Jan. 2024
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“Uneducated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uneducated. Accessed 9 May. 2024.
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