uneducated
part of speech
adjective (uneducated)
meaning for a pupil
1) Uneducated means having had little or no schooling or education. tree →
2) Uneducated can also describe speech, writing or guesses that show little knowledge. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history and social studies: in the past many children were uneducated because they had to work; today education is a right. Using it about a person's speech can be rude and snobbish, since dialects are not uneducated. Phrase: «an uneducated guess» (joking opposite of «an educated guess»).
examples
- In Victorian times many poor children were uneducated. tree →
- Free schools mean fewer people grow up uneducated. tree →
- Being uneducated is not the same as being unintelligent. tree →
- My first answer was just an uneducated guess. tree →
- Malala fought so girls would not stay uneducated. tree →
- Calling someone uneducated because of their accent is unfair. tree →
- The robbers were all uneducated, and thought that the leader was merely singing a song as usual. tree →
note
Opposite: «educated». Be careful: calling people «uneducated» can be hurtful. Lack of schooling is often caused by poverty or unfair rules, not by the person.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «uneducated» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.