undereducated
adjective, verb
undereducated is spelled U-N-D-E-R-E-D-U-C-A-T-E-D: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, undereducated means “Insufficiently educated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in undereducated?
| Letters | 13: U-N-D-E-R-E-D-U-C-A-T-E-D |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 20 million words; the 134,976th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is undereducated?
Undereducated appears about once in every 20 million words in written English, the 134,976th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce undereducated?
- US
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-undereducated.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of undereducated
- more undereducated comparative
- most undereducated superlative
- under-educated
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does undereducated mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Insufficiently educated.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of undereducate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does undereducated come from?
From under- + educated.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).