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/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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unschooled — index inexperienced, naive, unversed Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
unschooled — (adj.) 1580s, untrained, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + pp. of SCHOOL (Cf. school) (v.) … Etymology dictionary
unschooled — ► ADJECTIVE 1) lacking schooling or training. 2) not affected; natural and spontaneous … English terms dictionary
unschooled — [unsko͞old′] adj. 1. not educated or trained, esp. by formal schooling 2. not acquired or altered by schooling; natural … English World dictionary
unschooled — [[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 … English dictionary
unschooled — adjective Date: 1589 1. not schooled ; untaught, untrained < an unschooled woodsman > 2. not artificial ; natural < unschooled talent > … New Collegiate Dictionary
unschooled — adj. unschooled in * * * [ˌʌn skuːld] unschooled in … Combinatory dictionary
unschooled — adjective a) Not schooled; not having been to school. He was unschooled in the art of persuasion. b) inexperienced in something … Wiktionary
unschooled — 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 … From formal English to slang
unschooled — Synonyms and related words: Gothic, Philistine, amateurish, artless, barbarous, benighted, bookless, deceived, disembarrass, disembroil, disencumber, disentangle, empty headed, functionally illiterate, grammarless, heathen, hoodwinked, ill… … Moby Thesaurus
