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A person paying tuition to discover what they should have majored in instead.
means A college or university student who hasn't yet earned a bachelor's degree.
from Built from 'under' plus 'graduate' — literally someone still beneath, or short of, graduate status. 'Graduate' itself traces back to Latin 'gradus,' meaning 'step,' via the verb 'graduari,' to take a degree — so an undergraduate is someone still climbing the steps, not yet at the top one.
- origin
- from under + graduate, literally not yet done
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