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New Orleans is a place where people are deliberately undereducated so that they can be a labour class - the economy there is tourism, and one of the only outlets that black males have traditionally been allowed is to play jazz music, y'know?
Christian Scott

Meaning of "undereducated" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNDEREDUCATED

undereducated  [ˌʌndərˈɛdjʊkeɪtɪd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNDEREDUCATED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Undereducated is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNDEREDUCATED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of undereducated in the English dictionary

The definition of undereducated in the dictionary is not educated to a sufficient or required standard.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNDEREDUCATED


certificated
səˈtɪfɪˌkeɪtɪd
complicated
ˈkɒmplɪˌkeɪtɪd
contraindicated
ˌkɒntrəˈɪndɪˌkeɪtɪd
dedicated
ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪtɪd
dislocated
ˈdɪsləˌkeɪtɪd
domesticated
dəˈmestɪˌkeɪtɪd
educated
ˈɛdjʊˌkeɪtɪd
elasticated
ɪˈlæstɪkeɪtɪd
fabricated
ˈfæbrɪkeɪtɪd
intoxicated
ɪnˈtɒksɪkeɪtɪd
located
ləʊˈkeɪtɪd
lubricated
ˈluːbrɪkeɪtɪd
plicated
ˈplaɪkeɪtɪd
prefabricated
priːˈfæbrɪkeɪtɪd
sophisticated
səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd
syndicated
ˈsɪndɪˌkeɪtɪd
truncated
trʌŋˈkeɪtɪd
uncomplicated
ʌnˈkɒmplɪˌkeɪtɪd
uneducated
ʌnˈɛdjʊˌkeɪtɪd
well-educated
ˌwɛlˈɛdʒʊkeɪtɪd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNDEREDUCATED

underdrainage
underdraw
underdrawers
underdress
underdressed
underdrive
underearth
undereat
underemphases
underemphasis
underemphasise
underemphasize
underemployed
underemployment
underestimate
underestimation
underexploit
underexpose
underexposed
underexposure

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNDEREDUCATED

aduncated
desiccated
estimated
fornicated
half-educated
imbricated
infuscated
medicated
rusticated
self-educated
trifurcated
triplicated
unallocated
unauthenticated
uncertificated
undedicated
undomesticated
unduplicated
unlocated
unreciprocated
unsophisticated

Synonyms and antonyms of undereducated in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «undereducated» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNDEREDUCATED

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The translations of undereducated from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «undereducated» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

程度低
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

undereducated
570 millions of speakers

English

undereducated
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

undereducated
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نقص التعليم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

малообразованные
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

undereducated
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

undereducated
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

undereducated
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kurang sopan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

undereducated
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無教育の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

undereducated
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Undereducated
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

undereducated
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

undereducated
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Undereducated
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

eğitimsiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

undereducated
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niedouczeni
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

малоосвічені
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

undereducated
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

undereducated
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

undereducated
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

undereducated
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

undereducated
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of undereducated

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDEREDUCATED»

The term «undereducated» is normally little used and occupies the 113.620 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDEREDUCATED» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about undereducated

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QUOTES WITH «UNDEREDUCATED»

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Christian Scott
New Orleans is a place where people are deliberately undereducated so that they can be a labour class - the economy there is tourism, and one of the only outlets that black males have traditionally been allowed is to play jazz music, y'know?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNDEREDUCATED»

Discover the use of undereducated in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to undereducated and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Overschooled But Undereducated: How the Crisis in Education ...
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John Abbott, Heather McTaggart, 2010
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Undereducation in America: the demography of high school ...
This volume provides an up-to-date and thorough examination of the high school dropout problem. The findings provide a guide for all concerned with solutions to the problems of culturally and linguistically diverse student populations.
Dorothy Waggoner, 1991
3
Families and Schools in a Pluralistic Society
The Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA, 1988) reports that Hispanics, Native Americans, and African Americans are more likely to be undereducated than whites and that the educational situation of Hispanics is especially ...
Nancy Feyl Chavkin, 1993
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The Origin of the Modern Jewish Woman Writer: Romance and ...
According to conversionists, these romantic Jewish women were undereducated and oppressed within the Jewish community, and were therefore more easily brought into "the truth as it is in Jesus" than their oppressors. In response, Jewish  ...
Michael Galchinsky, 1996
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High-Skilled Immigration in a Global Labor Market
Immigrants in this situation would appear to be undereducated for their occupation level. In summary, one would expect to observe workers in the labor market who appear to be over- or undereducated relative to the usual educational ...
Barry R. Chiswick, 2011
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The Roads to Congress 2008
The second major characteristic of Louisiana is the fact that it is a poor, undereducated, blue-collar state. The state's poverty rate is 7 percent higher than the national average, and the state's median income is $9,000 less than the national ...
Robert Dewhirst, Ken Hechler, 2010
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The Next Generation: Immigrant Youth in a Comparative ...
I am able to track undereducated youth over a longer period, by comparing undereducated youth in the 1992 and 1998 cohorts with 1989 school leavers for whom we have a specific study (EVA 1989) on those with low levels ofeducation.
Richard D. Alba, Mary C. Waters, 2011
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Overeducation in Europe: Current Issues in Theory and Policy
In the US, Sicherman (1991) found that around 40 per cent of the workforce were overeducated, while 1 6 per cent were undereducated. For the UK, Sloane, Battu and Seaman (1999) found that around 31 per cent of the British workers were ...
Felix Büchel, A. de Grip, Antje Mertens, 2003
9
The Baptist Faith and Message 2000: Critical Issues in ...
... to the level of a confessional statement, particularly since little wording of the education article has been changed since the 1920s, flies in the face of the stereotype of Southern Baptists as rural, undereducated, and anti-intellectual. In fact ...
Douglas K. Blount, Joseph D. Wooddell, 2007
10
Wage structures, employment adjustments and globalization: ...
worker's perspective, high occupational and firm mobility should be observed for overeducated workers. In contrast, undereducation reflects a good match, and undereducated workers should be less mobile between firms and occupations.
David Marsden, François Rycx, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNDEREDUCATED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term undereducated is used in the context of the following news items.
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Undereducated lawmaker
Bobby Cleveland is woefully undereducated when it concerns the law, U.S. history, U.S. Supreme Court decisions and, sadly, the Bible. Whether he agrees or ... «NewsOK.com, Jul 15»
2
Research Shows That Borrowers are Seriously Undereducated in …
Many borrowers are unaware of their homebuying power and are underestimating their mortgage eligibility, according to a recent study by Genworth Mortgage ... «The MReport, Jul 15»
3
Notes for India: Student's piano recital to raise awareness of …
Notes for India: Student's piano recital to raise awareness of undereducated ... for the Ekal Vidyalaya foundation, which benefits undereducated children in India. «Wicked Local Medfield, Jun 15»
4
Pew: Religious 'Nones' Tend to Be Undereducated, Poor, White Males
Flying in the face of the common belief that irreligiosity tends to rise with education and income, the exact opposite trend emerges from the Pew Center's most ... «Breitbart News, May 15»
5
'Underpaid, underprivileged, undereducated' Cracker Barrel robber …
Ultimately, he said he was overwhelmed by being "underpaid, underprivileged and undereducated." Working for $8 an hour, plus tips, didn't give him enough ... «PennLive.com, Mar 15»
6
Many Breast Cancer Patients Are Undereducated About Their …
A large percentage of women in the United States who have been diagnosed with breast cancer are undereducated about their condition. A recent study about ... «Business 2 Community, Jan 15»
7
A Silent Majority Of Undereducated And Underemployed Millennials
This story is part of the New Boom series on millennials in America. Millennials are often mocked as Starbucks baristas with Ivy League educations. And while ... «NPR, Oct 14»
8
How to help America's most vulnerable jobseekers: Undereducated
A new campaign announced at the Clinton Global Initiative seeks to match corporations with young, unemployed Americans who lack a college degree. «Fortune, Sep 14»
9
New Allentown summer program seeks to help the undereducated
A new summer learning program is coming to Allentown with the hopes of targeting undereducated children, particularly those who come from disadvantaged ... «The Express-Times, May 14»
10
Canada has a large pool of eager and available workers: The disabled
For the past quarter century, social surveys have consistently confirmed that people with disabilities remain one of the most undereducated and unemployed ... «The Globe and Mail, May 14»

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