unlearned

un·learned

adj \-ˈlər-nəd for 1, 2, -ˈlərnd for 3\

Definition of UNLEARNED

1

: possessing inadequate learning or education; especially : deficient in scholarly attainments

2

: characterized by or revealing ignorance

3

: not gained by study or training

Examples of UNLEARNED

1. <although the people of the farming community were largely an unlearned lot, they wanted an advanced education for their children>

First Known Use of UNLEARNED

14th century

Related to UNLEARNED

Synonyms: analphabetic, benighted, dark, illiterate, nonliterate, rude, simple, uneducated, uninstructed, ignorant, unlettered, unread, unschooled, untaught, untutored

Antonyms: educated, knowledgeable, lettered, literate, schooled, well-informed, well-read

Related Words: functionally illiterate, innumerate, semiliterate, unknowledgeable; artless, lowbrow, philistine, uncultivated, uncultured; callow, green, inexperienced, innocent, naive (or naïve); unsophisticated; raw, unskilled, untrained; brainless, dumb, idiotic (also idiotical), imbecile (or imbecilic), moronic, stupid, witless; foolish, senseless, silly

Near Antonyms: brilliant, intelligent, smart; experienced, expert, trained; erudite, learned, polyhistoric, polymath (or polymathic), scholarly; cultivated, cultured, highbrow, intellectual; sophisticated; acquainted, aware, familiar

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Rhymes with UNLEARNED

concerned, unearned, well-turned, windburned