untutored
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Lacking formal education or instruction: Describes a person who has not received systematic teaching or training, often implying a lack of knowledge or refinement in a particular area.
- Natural, unschooled: Can describe a natural ability, talent, or quality that exists without formal training or cultivation.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The untutored artist created works of raw emotional power. (The artist, lacking formal training, created works of raw emotional power.)
- His untutored remarks revealed a lack of understanding of the subject. (His remarks, made without formal knowledge, revealed a lack of understanding.)
- She possessed an untutored genius for mathematics. (She possessed a natural, unschooled genius for mathematics.)
Advanced Usage
- "Untutored eye/ear": Used to describe the perspective of someone without specialized training or knowledge in a field.
- To the untutored eye, the two paintings looked identical. (To the eye of someone without training, the two paintings looked identical.)
Variants and Related Words
- Uneducated (adj): Lacking education; not having attended school or been taught. (Often broader than .)
- Unschooled (adj): Not educated or trained; can also mean natural or instinctive.
- Unlearned (adj): Not having acquired knowledge through study; uneducated. (Can also mean not scholarly.)
- Naive (adj): Lacking experience, wisdom, or judgment; often implies innocence or simplicity.
Synonyms
- Uninstructed: Not taught or educated.
- Ignorant: Lacking knowledge or awareness in general.
- Self-taught: Having acquired knowledge or skill on one's own initiative rather than through formal instruction. (This can be a more positive synonym in some contexts.)
Antonyms
- Educated: Having been educated.
- Tutored: Having received instruction, especially private tuition.
- Trained: Having been taught a particular skill or type of behavior through practice and instruction.
- Cultivated: Refined and well-educated.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- "In its untutored state": In its natural, unrefined, or original condition.
- The land remained in its untutored state, wild and beautiful. (The land remained in its natural, uncultivated state.)
Adjective
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lacking in schooling
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untaught people whose verbal skills are grossly deficient
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an untutored genius
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uneducated children
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