unteachable
Definition
- Adjective:
- Incapable of being taught: "unteachable" describes a person or quality that cannot be instructed, educated, or trained effectively.
- Resistant to learning: It refers to a stubborn or unwilling attitude that prevents the acquisition of knowledge or skills.
Usage Examples
- (He could not be taught because of his resistant behaviour.)
- (Her inherent inability or refusal to learn frustrated all teaching efforts.)
Advanced Usage
- "an unteachable subject": a topic that is inherently difficult or impossible to convey through instruction.
- Some argue that creativity is an unteachable skill. (Creativity cannot be systematically taught.)
Variants and Related Words
- Unteachably (adv): in a manner that cannot be taught.
- He behaved unteachably, ignoring every lesson. (He acted in a way that made teaching futile.)
Synonyms
- Intractable: difficult to manage or teach; stubborn.
- Ineducable: incapable of being educated.
- Obstinate: stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or behaviour.
Related Idioms
- A lost cause: a person or thing that cannot be improved or saved.
- The teacher eventually saw him as a lost cause. (The teacher gave up trying to teach him.)
Antonyms
- Teachability: the quality of being able to learn from instruction.
- Docile: ready to accept control or instruction; submissive.