unschooled

un·schooled

adj \-ˈsküld\

Definition of UNSCHOOLED

1

: not schooled : untaught, untrained <an unschooled woodsman>

2

: not artificial : natural <unschooled talent>

Examples of UNSCHOOLED

1. These things look the same to my unschooled eye.
2. sculptures made by unschooled artists

First Known Use of UNSCHOOLED

1589

Related to UNSCHOOLED

Synonyms: analphabetic, benighted, dark, illiterate, nonliterate, rude, simple, uneducated, uninstructed, unlearned, unlettered, unread, ignorant, 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 UNSCHOOLED

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