untaught

untaught
adjective Date: 14th century 1. not instructed or trained ; ignorant 2. natural, spontaneous <
untaught kindness
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  • untaught — index spontaneous, unversed Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • untaught — *ignorant, illiterate, unlettered, uneducated, untutored, unlearned Antonyms: taught …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • untaught — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not having been taught or educated. 2) not acquired by teaching; natural or spontaneous …   English terms dictionary

  • untaught — [untôt′] vt. pt. & pp. of UNTEACH adj. [ME untaght] 1. not taught or instructed; uneducated; ignorant 2. acquired without being taught; natural …   English World dictionary

  • untaught — /un tawt /, v. 1. pt. and pp. of unteach. adj. 2. not taught; not acquired by teaching; natural: untaught gentleness. 3. not instructed or educated; naive; ignorant. [(defs. 2, 3) UN 1 + TAUGHT] * * * …   Universalium

  • untaught state — index ignorance Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • untaught — adjective Not taught …   Wiktionary

  • untaught — Synonyms and related words: Gothic, Philistine, amateurish, barbarous, benighted, bookless, deceived, empty headed, functionally illiterate, grammarless, heathen, hoodwinked, ill educated, illiterate, know nothing, led astray, lowbrow,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • untaught — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. illiterate, unlettered, uneducated. See ignorance. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Ignorant] Syn. uneducated, unlearned, unread; see ignorant 2 , inexperienced . 2. [Natural] Syn. artless, instinctive,… …   English dictionary for students

  • untaught — adj. not instructed, ignorant, uneducated; natural, spontaneous …   English contemporary dictionary

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