One doesn't appear to be educated (6)
I believe the answer is:
truant
'educated' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'one doesn't appear to be' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'one' could be 'an' (an apple is one apple) and 'an' is found within the answer.
'be' could be 'rut' (rutting is a kind of being) and 'rut' is present in the leftover letters.
A single letter 't' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for truant that I've seen before include "Pupil who stays away from school with permission" , "Runaway" , "Straying" , "Pupil away from school without leave" , "'Bunk off'" .)