uneducated meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

uneducated

adj

UK /ʌnˈɛdjʊkeɪtɪd/ · US /ʌnˈɛd͡ʒəkeɪtɪd/

Etymology From un- + educated.

Not educated.

Ben Carson said his Republican rivals aren’t his biggest threat in the presidential election – it’s uneducated voters.2016 January 27, Tal Kopan, “Ben Carson: Uneducated voters a ‘threat’”, in CNN:

noun

Etymology From un- + educated.

Someone who lacks education.

[…] A few mojaheddin and militants screaming about our oil money and yelling about foreign interference, and we a bunch of uneducateds, how could we have known that they would do this to us.”2011 February 10, Littleblackfish, “Cab confessionals: Iranians respond to Egypt”, in Index on Censorship:
If you want to see evil in his books, you'll have to search into the uneducateds and the poors (something that is usually mistaked as racism from Lovecraft).2018 March 24, Huillam, Warframe Forums:

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So what happened? It’s fun to point the finger. Some say it was the poors, or the uneducateds, or even the third-party voters. No matter the scenario, it’s always fun to blame someone else and throw up your hands (while a finger on each is pointed of course).2018 May 28, Joel Edelman, “Primary election 2018 coverage for the deaf”, in Today's featured shit: