half-educated

adjective

1. not having benefited from a comprehensive education

Example Sentences

Despite censorship laws forbidding criticism of either the tsar or his government, the newspaper the Siberian Trade Gazette boldly called Rasputin a “thief” and a “half-educated peasant.”

From Literature

It had been found instead by half-educated seamen prepared to stand on the deck of a ship in all weathers.

From Literature

But perhaps the big issue the constitution was trying to address was the culture of the 1980s and early 1990s, when the Kenyan president tended to be surrounded by half-educated sycophants.

From BBC

Unfortunately, this is not how many in the Western world have come to identify the concept, thanks to statements issued by extremists who are half-educated, weak-minded pseudo scholars.

From Wall Street Journal

“A doctor will say, ‘A half-educated patient is the worst kind of patient,’” Musiker says, adding that the “pediatric mom” is another problematic paradigm.

From US News