ppl. a. (UN-1 8.)
Frequent in recent use, esp. of teachers.
1836–7. Dickens, Sk. Boz, Scenes, xiii. A disappointed eighth-rate actor, a retired smuggler, or an uncertificated bankrupt.
1868. M. Pattison, Academ. Org., iv. 88. Study not merely private and uncertificated, but evidenced by a regular appearance in the public schools for disputation.
