Uneducated - English meaning

adjective

Lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated.

Usage examples:

He was told constantly that he was ignorant and stupid

adjective

Having no knowledge or awareness of something or of things in general

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We were very young, ignorant, unskilled men., you have to assume that incoming students have an alm…

adjective

Not having enough knowledge, understanding, or information about something

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Ignorant about many teenagers are surprisingly ignorant about current politics., blissfully ignoran…

adjective

Knowing less than you should about a particular subject

adjective

Unable to read or write.

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His parents were illiterate

noun

A person who is unable to read or write.

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This reminds me of a quote from italo calvino (who was most certainly literate): ‘the ratio of lite…

adjective

Not knowing how to read and write

adjective

Not highly intellectual or cultured.

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Lowbrow tabloids

noun

A lowbrow person.

Usage examples:

These long cerebral articles are not read by the lowbrows.

adjective

(of literature, art, music, movies, or plays) not serious and intended for people who do not know much about these forms of art, or (of people) not intelligent and not knowing a lot about such things

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Lowbrow tastes, lowbrow readers

adjective

Lacking good manners, refinement, or grace.

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He is unwashed, uncouth, and drunk most of the time

adjective

(of a person or a person's behavior) rude and unpleasant

adjective

(of land) not used for growing crops.

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These meadowlands have lain uncultivated for centuries

adjective

Not characterized by good taste, manners, or education.

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To my uncultured palate most of the wines were good

adjective

Someone who is uncultured has not had a good education and does not know a lot about art, music, painting, etc.

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He accused modern schools of churning out uncultured children., they regarded their country cousins…

adjective

Not having or showing awareness or understanding of the facts.

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Uninformed criticism of conservation projects

adjective

Not knowing much or having much information about something

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For a journalist, he seems surprisingly uninformed about what is happening in the news., individual…

adjective

(of a person) poorly educated or illiterate.

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It seems common to consider the mfdp as a group of uneducated farmers or unlettered peasants, yet i…

adjective

(of a book or document) not read.

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But to me, a cookbook unused is like an unread book in that it's not fulfilling it's potential.

adjective

Not showing the learning and attention to detail characteristic of a scholar.

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An edition which was full of unscholarly amendments

adjective

Showing that someone has not studied a subject in a serious and detailed way

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His unscholarly lack of precision leaves us wondering what he intends to say., this generalization …

adjective

Not educated or trained.

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She was unschooled in the niceties of royal behaviour

adjective

Lacking refined worldly knowledge or tastes.

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An unsophisticated young man

adjective

Not complicated, not educated, or without a good understanding of culture

Usage examples:

He’s an unsophisticated man, but he has been very successful in business.

adjective

Not having been taught or educated.

Usage examples:

She is totally untaught and will not listen

verb

Cause (someone) to forget something learned previously.

Usage examples:

I'll have a problem unteaching them but you don't know anything so you have nothing to unlearn

adjective

Not having been trained in a particular skill.

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Self-styled doctors untrained in diagnosis

adjective

Never having been taught the skills for a particular job or activity

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Untrained staff, the notation is designed to make it easier for untrained singers to read music., t…

adjective

Not formally taught or trained.

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The species are all much the same to the untutored eye

adjective

Having no knowledge of or education in a particular subject

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To my untutored eye that just looks like a load of random brush strokes, and yet it's a very valuab…