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undereducated

undereducated adjective: insufficiently educated. Also the simple past and past participle of undereducate.

Adjective

undereducated (comparative more undereducated, superlative most undereducated)

  1. Insufficiently educated.

Also used as

undereducated is also the simple past and past participle of undereducate.

Forms of undereducated

comparativemore undereducated
superlativemost undereducated
alternative formunder-educated

Origin of undereducated

From under- + educated.

From undereducate + -ed.

Questions about undereducated

What does undereducated mean?
Undereducated means insufficiently educated.
What part of speech is undereducated?
Undereducated is an adjective.

Words near undereducated in the dictionary

  1. undereddened
  2. underedge
  3. underedges
  4. underedited
  5. undereducate
  6. undereducated
  7. undereducates
  8. undereducating
  9. undereducation
  10. undereffective
  11. underelicited

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