untaught

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]

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