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1. Poorly or insufficiently educated

1. Give an education to
   "We must educate our youngsters better"
    
2. Create by training and teaching
   "The old master is educating world-class violinists";
   - train, develop, prepare
    
3. Teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment
   "She is well educated in poetry";
   - school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise [Brit]

See also: uneducated

Type of: ameliorate, amend, better, down, fine-tune, improve, instruct, learn, meliorate, mend, polish, refine, teach

Encyclopedia: Educate