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undereducates

undereducates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of undereducate.

Meaning of undereducate

Verb

undereducate (third-person singular simple present undereducates, present participle undereducating, simple past and past participle undereducated)

  1. (transitive) To provide an inadequate education.
    • Throughout this decade, education must be increasingly upgraded and relevant. To fail to identify important human and societal needs is to undereducate students.1984, Hershel D. Thornburg, Introduction to Educational Psychology, page 509

Questions about undereducates

What is undereducates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Undereducates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of undereducate.

Words near undereducates in the dictionary

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

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