as in uneducated
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Recent Examples of undereducated
Lumi felt comfortable enough to reveal that a few record labels had already approached him with offers of $10,000 for an album—an attempt, in Magana’s eyes, to exploit an undereducated teen’s naivete about how the industry really works.
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WIRED, 19 Oct. 2023
Many people, including those who have vitiligo, are misinformed or undereducated about the condition.
—Grace Gavilanes, Peoplemag, 15 June 2023
The resultant billions in debt both floated educational institutions and sunk the prospects of undereducated and miseducated students.
—WSJ, 7 Dec. 2022
These methods promote true intellectual diversity while still striving to advance the disadvantaged and undereducated.
—WSJ, 8 Nov. 2022
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WIRED, 19 Oct. 2023
Many people, including those who have vitiligo, are misinformed or undereducated about the condition.
—Grace Gavilanes, Peoplemag, 15 June 2023
The resultant billions in debt both floated educational institutions and sunk the prospects of undereducated and miseducated students.
—WSJ, 7 Dec. 2022
These methods promote true intellectual diversity while still striving to advance the disadvantaged and undereducated.
—WSJ, 8 Nov. 2022
See all Example Sentences for undereducated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undereducated
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The second group comprises uneducated individuals who engage in daily labor, working on both their own land and the land of others.PhotoVogue, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2024
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If investors remain uneducated about the importance of self-custody, then any increase in demand will be met with an increase in the supply of paper bitcoin (also known as IOUs).Dave Birnbaum, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
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Donald Trump, so ignorant of the past and so careless about the future, is a present-tense kind of candidate.Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
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Was an ancient reptile, for all intents and purposes a 15-million-year-old dinosaur, actually roaming this expanse of creosote scrub, subsisting on beavertail cactus flesh, going about her day ignorant of the weather alerts, the headlines, the untold human tragedies?Outside Online, Outside Online, 23 Oct. 2024
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According to a study by the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center, 76% of women in Nigeria, 70% in Ghana and 57% in South Africa are financially illiterate.Odiri Oginni, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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In other words, nearly all of Singapore’s secondary school students have sufficient skills for the world of work, while almost three-quarters of South Africa’s youth are functionally illiterate.Jim Yong Kim, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2018
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Those afflicted with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often behave in a manner which the unlearned (or uncaring) will immediately label as criminal.Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 6 Sep. 2024
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Although the 1973 commission’s report ran to 2,200 pages, some big lessons from 1973 may have gone unlearned—lessons that Israel needed to understand then and still does now.Uri Kaufman, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2023
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And this is just a small sampling of the kind of far-right legal reasoning that routinely escapes this benighted court.Ian Millhiser, Vox, 25 Sep. 2024
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In its 50th anniversary year, the storied fantasy role-playing game is now making a long-overdue, and noteworthy, correction to its scientifically benighted treatment of race.Steven Dashiell, Scientific American, 31 July 2024
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To an untutored lurker, the whole thing seemed like … a frickin’ ballet, or some less dainty choreography, a headlong dance of astounding precision.Jody Rosen, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
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Blessed with a harsh, untutored, yet inimitably soulful voice, MacGowan forged a blend of traditional Irish folk music and punk rock that was later mimicked outright by bands the Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly, and left a clear influence on acts such as Gogol Bordello and Mumford and Sons.Andrew Barker, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
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Whether these findings map onto kids who are unschooled in the context of worldschooling remains to be seen without systematic longitudinal studies; anecdotal evidence from the parents in my research suggests mixed results.Jennie Germann Molz, Scientific American, 21 Oct. 2024
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Some research also suggests that children who are unschooled underperform on academic assessments, particularly regarding reading.Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2024
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Until recent years, the story of how this period affected California’s Indigenous peoples had largely gone untaught or underrecognized.Anne Wallentine, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2024
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With #100daysofpractice, the star violinist has drawn back the veil for professionals and amateurs alike on a private, untaught part of musical life.David Allen, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2023
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