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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a literary reference that could not be grasped by an uneducated person
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Words with letters dropped off the end or entire phrases strung together to form new words were seen as improper speech of the uneducated and poor.
—Moriah Humiston, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026
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—Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2026
Chaiwalas, or street tea venders, have long been taken as emblems of the small-scale entrepreneurialism by which uneducated Indians can gain subsistence, and, in theory, something more.
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Dientes was a peasant, substantially illiterate and uneducated.
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Moriah Humiston, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026
Concha and Fox News host Lawrence Jones highlighted that people who watch the View are uneducated.
—Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 3 Apr. 2026
Chaiwalas, or street tea venders, have long been taken as emblems of the small-scale entrepreneurialism by which uneducated Indians can gain subsistence, and, in theory, something more.
—Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Dientes was a peasant, substantially illiterate and uneducated.
—Chandler Fritz, The New York Review of Books, 21 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for uneducated
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“Uneducated.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uneducated. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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