What do you call a person without education?

ignorant, illiterate, unschooled, benighted, empty-headed, ignoramus, know-nothing, lowbrow, uncultivated, uncultured, uninstructed, unlearned, unlettered, unread, unrefined, untaught, untutored.
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What is an uneducated person?

1 : lacking in education and especially schooling. 2 : based on little or no knowledge or fact an uneducated guess.
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What do you call someone who lacks knowledge?

Some common synonyms of ignorant are illiterate, unlearned, unlettered, and untutored. While all these words mean "not having knowledge," ignorant may imply a general condition or it may apply to lack of knowledge or awareness of a particular thing. an ignorant fool. ignorant of nuclear physics.
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How do you say uneducated in a nice way?

uneducated
  1. ignorant.
  2. illiterate.
  3. unschooled.
  4. benighted.
  5. empty-headed.
  6. ignoramus.
  7. inerudite.
  8. know-nothing.
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What is not well educated?

uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field. ignorant, nescient, unlearned, unlettered. uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication. undereducated. poorly or insufficiently educated.
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"Without an education, there is no life"



Is the term illiterate offensive?

A politically incorrect term is understood as one that, regardless of context or circumstances, is generally deemed to be offensive. "Illiterate" does not fall into that category.
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What do you call someone who is illiterate?

Some common synonyms of illiterate are ignorant, unlearned, unlettered, and untutored. While all these words mean "not having knowledge," illiterate applies to either an absolute or a relative inability to read and write.
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How do you say you are not knowledgeable?

Not knowing about something - thesaurus
  1. ignorant. adjective. not knowing something that you should know or need to know.
  2. unacquainted. adjective. formal without knowledge of something.
  3. unknowing. adjective. ...
  4. unsuspecting. adjective. ...
  5. unfamiliar. adjective. ...
  6. uninformed. adjective. ...
  7. lost. adjective. ...
  8. hazy. adjective.
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What is an ignoramus person?

Definition of ignoramus

: an utterly ignorant person : dunce.
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What is the definition of lack of education?

Lack of Education: Causes, Effects & Solutions. A lack of education can be defined as a state where people have a below-average level of common knowledge about basic things that they would urgently need in their daily life. For instance, this could include basic knowledge in math, writing, spelling, etc.
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Who is a numpty?

NUMPTY n. a foolish person. Numpty was included in the 2005 Supplement to the Dictionary of the Scots Language with the following definition: “a stupid person, an idiot”.
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Whats is a dingleberry?

Definition of dingleberry

1 US, informal : a foolish, stupid, or contemptible person Something about human nature makes us all think we are the best drivers on the road at any given time. It's everyone else who are the dingleberries.—
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Who is a nincompoop?

Definition of nincompoop

informal. : a stupid or silly person : fool, simpleton … they could easily find some nincompoop to give them yet more money …— Kevin Maney "A bunch of nincompoops … that could not find themselves out of a restroom."—
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Is Knowledgeless a word?

Knowledgeless definition

Devoid of knowledge; ignorant.
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Is it politically correct to say illiterate?

Illiterate is politically correct already.
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What are antonyms for illiterate?

antonyms for illiterate
  • educated.
  • intelligent.
  • able.
  • learned.
  • literate.
  • taught.
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Which word in the passage means uneducated?

ignorant, illiterate, unschooled, benighted, empty-headed, ignoramus, know-nothing, lowbrow, uncultivated, uncultured, uninstructed, unlearned, unlettered, unread, unrefined, untaught, untutored.
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Is illiterate a disability?

Illiteracy itself doesn't qualify for disability benefits, but if you don't qualify for disability using medical criteria, so you are using the medical-vocational allowance to be approved, you might qualify with the help of illiteracy being used in conjunction with your age and your residual functional capacity (RFC).
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Why do Brits say bloody?

Don't worry, it's not a violent word… it has nothing to do with “blood”.”Bloody” is a common word to give more emphasis to the sentence, mostly used as an exclamation of surprise. Something may be “bloody marvellous” or “bloody awful“. Having said that, British people do sometimes use it when expressing anger…
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What's the weirdest word in the English language?

Here are the 12 weirdest words in English:
  • Vex.
  • Bequeath.
  • Mixology.
  • Flub.
  • [
  • Bibble.
  • Kakorrhaphiophobia.
  • Berserk.
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Is Cattywampus a real word?

Cattywampus is a variant of catawampus, another example of grand 19th century American slang. In addition to “askew” catawampus may refer to “an imaginary fierce wild animal,” or may mean “savage, destructive.”
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What is a Dingledorf?

A dingledorf is a goofy or silly person.
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Is dude a slang word?

Dude is American slang for an individual, typically male. From the 1870s to the 1960s, dude primarily meant a male person who dressed in an extremely fashionable manner (a dandy) or a conspicuous citified person who was visiting a rural location, a "city slicker".
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What is a Bambot?

(Scotland, slang, derogatory) Idiot; an objectionable and foolish person.
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What does Milky mean in Scotland?

: insincere or foolish talk : bunkum He thinks that everything politicians say is a bunch of malarkey.
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