undereducated

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adjective

Insufficiently educated.

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uneducated
OriginEnglish educated ← Middle English under- ← Old English under- →
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Meanings

undereducated1

adjectiveundereducated (comparative more undereducated, superlative most undereducated)

comparative more undereducated · superlative most undereducated · alternative under-educated

  1. Insufficiently educated.

undereducated2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of undereducate

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivepoorly or insufficiently educated

Similar
uneducated
Also see
uneducated

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

undereducated · adjective

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Englisheducated
  13. Englishundereducated

From under- + educated.

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undereducated · verb

From undereducate + -ed.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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