ineducable

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adjective

Incapable of being educated; not educable.

Opposite
educable
OriginEnglish educable ← Middle English in- ← Latin in- →
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Meanings

adjectiveineducable (comparative more ineducable, superlative most ineducable)

comparative more ineducable · superlative most ineducable

  1. Incapable of being educated; not educable.

    But, once again, Donald Trump seems to be ineducable.

    2020, Francine Prose, “Has Trump learned anything from Covid-19? Absolutely not”, in The Grauniad

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
educable

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Englisheducable
  8. Englishineducable

From in- + educable.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

induceable
Cite this entry
APA

ineducable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ineducable

MLA

“ineducable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ineducable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ineducable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ineducable.

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