unschooled

  • 1unschooled — index inexperienced, naive, unversed Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2unschooled — (adj.) 1580s, untrained, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + pp. of SCHOOL (Cf. school) (v.) …

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  • 3unschooled — ► ADJECTIVE 1) lacking schooling or training. 2) not affected; natural and spontaneous …

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  • 4unschooled — [unsko͞old′] adj. 1. not educated or trained, esp. by formal schooling 2. not acquired or altered by schooling; natural …

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  • 5unschooled — [[t]ʌ̱nsku͟ːld[/t]] ADJ GRADED An unschooled person has had no formal education. [LITERARY] ...unskilled work done by unschooled people... He was almost completely unschooled …

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  • 6unschooled — adjective Date: 1589 1. not schooled ; untaught, untrained < an unschooled woodsman > 2. not artificial ; natural < unschooled talent > …

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  • 7unschooled — /un skoohld /, adj. 1. not schooled, taught, or trained: Though unschooled, he had a grasp of the subject. 2. not acquired or artificial; natural: an unschooled talent. [1580 90; UN 1 + SCHOOL1 + ED2] * * * …

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  • 8unschooled — adj. unschooled in * * * [ˌʌn skuːld] unschooled in …

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  • 9unschooled — adjective a) Not schooled; not having been to school. He was unschooled in the art of persuasion. b) inexperienced in something …

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  • 10unschooled — un•schooled [[t]ʌnˈskuld[/t]] adj. 1) not schooled, taught, or trained 2) not acquired or artificial; natural: an unschooled ability[/ex] • Etymology: 1580–90 …

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