as in ignorant
lacking in education or the knowledge gained from books
a literary reference that could not be grasped by an uneducated person
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The average consumer is very uneducated about how many hands have touched their product before it is delivered to them and how little each of them may have been paid in the process.
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Lauren Parker, Sourcing Journal, 9 Sep. 2024
For the educators, sharing knowledge is a matter of urgency – an uneducated population is much easier to manipulate than one with a secret network of women and girls with the skills and conviction to one day lead the country.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 15 Aug. 2024
The spread of education, too, played a central role in Enlightenment thinking about social improvement, but as the number of uneducated people has decreased, the West may be approaching a point of diminishing returns.
—Peer Vries, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2016
The House Bunny Like Legally Blonde taken to an extreme, The House Bunny follows an uneducated former Playboy Bunny (Anna Faris) who becomes a House Mother for a fledgling sorority.
—Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 6 July 2024
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Lauren Parker, Sourcing Journal, 9 Sep. 2024
For the educators, sharing knowledge is a matter of urgency – an uneducated population is much easier to manipulate than one with a secret network of women and girls with the skills and conviction to one day lead the country.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 15 Aug. 2024
The spread of education, too, played a central role in Enlightenment thinking about social improvement, but as the number of uneducated people has decreased, the West may be approaching a point of diminishing returns.
—Peer Vries, Foreign Affairs, 8 Dec. 2016
The House Bunny Like Legally Blonde taken to an extreme, The House Bunny follows an uneducated former Playboy Bunny (Anna Faris) who becomes a House Mother for a fledgling sorority.
—Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 6 July 2024
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“Uneducated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uneducated. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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