On one occasion Aristotle was asked how much educated men were superior to those uneducated: "As much," said he, "as the living are to the dead."
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Uneducated
//ʌnˈɛd͡ʒəkeɪtɪd//
Synonyms for "uneducated" (71 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (35)
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Antonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
1 entriesdistinct from
1 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Translations
42 translations across 26 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- onopgevoed adj (not educated)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀμαθής adj (not educated)
- ἀπαίδευτος adj (not educated)
Bulgarian
1 entries- необразо́ван adj (not educated)
Czech
1 entries- nevzdělaný adj (not educated)
Dutch
1 entries- ongeschoold adj (not educated)
Finnish
1 entries- kouluttamaton adj (not educated)
French
1 entries- inculte adj (not educated)
Georgian
1 entries- გაუნათლებელი adj (not educated)
German
2 entries- bildungsfern adj (not educated)
- ungebildet adj (not educated)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌿𐌽𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌹𐌸𐍃 adj (not educated)
Greek
1 entries- αμόρφωτος adj (not educated)
Hindi
1 entries- अशिक्षित adj (not educated)
Hungarian
2 entries- műveletlen adj (not educated)
- tanulatlan adj (not educated)
Irish
4 entries- gan oideachas adj (not educated)
- gan scoil adj (not educated)
- lábánta adj (not educated)
- tuatach adj (not educated)
Italian
1 entries- incolto adj (not educated)
Kazakh
1 entries- білімсіз adj (not educated)
Korean
4 entries- 멍청하다 adj (not educated)
- 무식하다 adj (not educated)
- 무지하다 adj (not educated)
- 무학하다 adj (not educated)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- билимсиз adj (not educated)
Latin
3 entries- illitterātus adj (not educated)
- indoctus adj (not educated)
- inērudītus adj (not educated)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- onbelieet adj (not educated)
Polish
1 entries- niewykształcony adj (not educated)
Portuguese
1 entries- inculto adj (not educated)
Russian
1 entries- необразо́ванный adj (not educated)
Spanish
4 entries- inculto adj (not educated)
- indocto adj (not educated)
- ineducado adj (not educated)
- non educado adj (not educated)
Turkish
1 entries- eğitimsiz adj (not educated)
Yiddish
1 entries- נישט־דערצויגן adj (not educated)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.
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By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, journalism keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.
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People that think and speak only about themselves are hopelessly uneducated.
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