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untaught

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un·taught  (n-tôt)
adj.
1. Not instructed; ignorant.
2. Not acquired by instruction; natural.
untaught [ʌnˈtɔːt]
adj
1. (Social Science / Education) without training or education
2. (Social Science / Education) attained or achieved without instruction
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.untaught - lacking in schoolinguntaught - lacking in schooling; "untaught people whose verbal skills are grossly deficient"; "an untutored genius"; "uneducated children"
unschooled, untutored
uneducated - not having a good education
Translations
untaught [ˈʌnˈtɔːt] ADJ → no enseñado; (= ignorant) → sin instrucción
untaught
adj (= not trained) person → nicht ausgebildet; ability → angeboren; behaviour → natürlich; basic skills which remain untaught in our schools → Grundfähigkeiten, die in unseren Schulen weiterhin nicht vermittelt werden
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Quite an untaught genius, I made the discovery of the line of action for myself.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
I cannot picture her; but I shall know her, know her inerrably as these your wood children find out each other untaught, as the butterfly that has never seen his kindred knows his painted mate, passing on the wing all others by.
The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context
An honest and natural slum dialect is more tolerable than the attempt of a phonetically untaught person to imitate the vulgar dialect of the golf club; and I am sorry to say that in spite of the efforts of our Academy of Dramatic Art, there is still too much sham golfing English on our stage, and too little of the noble English of Forbes Robertson.
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