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" (83 found)
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barbaricbarbarousbenightedbooklesscolloquialcommonconversationaldeceivedempty headedempty-headedeverydayfamiliarfunctionally illiterategothicgrammarlessheathenhoodwinked
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Related words (41)
Adjective(15 words)
unawareuncultured personuneducated classuninformeduninstructed groupunlearnedunletteredunlettered massesunlettered personunschooledunschooled peopleunschooled studentsunsophisticateduntaught lessonunversed
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10 entriesignorant adultilliterate adultilliterate personilliterate populationuneducated adultuneducated childuneducated youthuninformed learnerunschooled childrenunschooled student
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10 entriesthe uneducateduneducated adultuneducated backgrounduneducated childuneducated classuneducated familyuneducated guessuneducated peopleuneducated personuneducated population
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2 entriesmore uneducatedmost uneducated
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15 entriesSample sentences
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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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