untutored

un·tu·tored

adj \-ˈtü-tərd, -ˈtyü-\

Definition of UNTUTORED

1

a : having no formal learning or training b : naive, unsophisticated

2

: not produced or developed by instruction : native <untutored shrewdness>

Examples of UNTUTORED

1. <to the untutored observer these works of art must seem strange indeed>

First Known Use of UNTUTORED

1593

Related to UNTUTORED

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

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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