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un·tu·tored
(ŭn-to͞o′tərd, -tyo͞o′-)adj.
1. Having had no formal education or instruction.
2. Unsophisticated; unrefined.
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untutored
(ʌnˈtjuːtəd)adj
1. (Education) without formal instruction or education
2. lacking sophistication or refinement
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un•tu•tored
(ʌnˈtu tərd, -ˈtyu-)adj.
1. not tutored; untaught.
2. naive, ignorant, or unsophisticated.
[1585–95]
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untutored
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1. uneducated, ignorant, untrained, illiterate, unlearned, unschooled, unversed This untutored mathematician had an obsession with numbers.
2. unsophisticated, simple, inexperienced, unrefined, artless, unpractised The wrangling of trade disputes can baffle the untutored eye.
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untutored
adj taste, person → ungeschult; to the untutored eye/ear → für das ungeschulte Auge/Ohr; to be untutored in something → in etw (dat) → nicht unterrichtet sein
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