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Untaught

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Not instructed; ignorant.

adj. Not acquired by instruction; natural.

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adj. Not taught

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Not taught.

Unskilled; not having use or practice.

Not made the subject of teaching or instruction; not communicated by teaching.

Not having learned by experience; ignorant.

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adj. lacking in schooling

Word Usage

"But Eleanor would fain believe that the lie which Solomon discovered to be "continually on the lips of the untaught" is not on the lips of those who "'know better" at all."

Verb Form

untaught unteaches unteaching

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

instruct learn teach

Variant

untaught