uneducated
pronunciation
How to pronounce uneducated in British English:
UK [ʌnˈedʒukeɪtɪd]
How to pronounce uneducated in American English:
US [ʌnˈɛdʒəˌketɪd]
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- Adjective:
- not having a good education
- not adequately educated in the use of numerical terms and concepts
Word Origin
- uneducated (adj.)
- 1580s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of educate (v.).
Antonym
Example
- 1. She thought it looked uneducated .
- 2. But mr song , at 46 , is too old , poor and uneducated to climb the value chain laid out by the economic planners .
- 3. He warned that as more middle-class women attended college , middle-class men would look to the lower classes to find uneducated wives .
- 4. You can tell from his gross language that the man was uneducated .
- 5. As her political role became clear , she was jeered by her opponents as an uneducated housewife , unsuitable for leadership in new delhi because of her foreign origins .