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unread collapse: not informed through reading; "he seems to have been wholly unread in political theory"- V.L.Parrington

unliterary collapse: marked by lack of affectation or pedantry; "her talk was very unliterary"- W.D.Howells

uninstructed collapse: lacking information or instruction; "lamentably unenlightened as to the laws"

lowbrow collapse: characteristic of a person who is not cultivated or does not have intellectual tastes; "lowbrow tastes"

illiterate collapse: a person unable to read; lacking culture, especially in language and literature; not able to read or write

unschooled collapse: lacking in schooling; "untaught people whose verbal skills are grossly deficient"; "an untutored genius"; "uneducated children"

pagan collapse: a person who follows a polytheistic or pre-Christian religion (not a Christian or Muslim or Jew)

heathen collapse: a person who does not acknowledge your god; not acknowledging the God of Christianity and Judaism and Islam

Gothic collapse: a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches; a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries; extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths; the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the Bible by Bishop Ulfilas; characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque; "gothic novels like `Frankenstein'"; of or relating to the Goths; "Gothic migrations"; of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths; "the Gothic Bible translation"; characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German

Philistine collapse: a member of an Aegean people who settled ancient Philistia around the 12th century BC; a person who is uninterested in intellectual pursuits; of or relating to ancient Philistia or the culture of the Philistines

uncultivated collapse: (of land or fields) not prepared for raising crops; "uncultivated land"

barbarous collapse: primitive in customs and culture; (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"

barbaric collapse: unrestrained and crudely rich; "barbaric use of color or ornament"

unrefined collapse: (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth; "how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?"; not refined or processed; "unrefined ore"; "crude oil"

dabbler collapse: an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge

handily collapse: with no difficulty; "she beat him handily"; in a convenient manner; "the switch was conveniently located"

benighted collapse: lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture; "this benighted country"; "benighted ages of barbarism and superstition"; "the dark ages"; "a dark age in the history of education"; overtaken by night or darkness; "benighted (or nighted) travelers hurrying toward home"

effectively collapse: in actuality or reality or fact; "she is effectively his wife"; "in effect, they had no choice"

practically collapse: in a practical manner; "practically orientated institutions such as business schools"; "a brilliant man but so practically inept that he needed help to cross the road safely"; almost; nearly; "practically the first thing I saw when I got off the train"; "he was practically the only guest at the party"; "there was practically no garden at all"

dunce collapse: these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence

tenderfoot collapse: an inexperienced person (especially someone inexperienced in outdoor living)

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