uninstructed

[ uhn-in-struhk-tid ]

adjective

1. not instructed; uninformed; uneducated.
2. (of a person acting in a representative capacity) not furnished with orders on how to proceed or vote; uncommitted:

   uninstructed convention delegates.

Other Words From

• unin·structed·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of uninstructed¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; un- ¹ + instruct + -ed ²

Example Sentences

"Norm went in uninstructed," a senior Bush administration official recalled.

From The Daily Beast

They play the guitar and have pleasing voices, but their singing is quite uninstructed.

From Project Gutenberg

To an uninstructed eye, the pine-woods in which we ride look like a flat, monotonous scene.

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I understand that, if I am uninstructed in the temperance agitation.

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Do you also show not your theorems to the uninstructed, but show the acts which come from their digestion.

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A nation under a well-regulated government should permit none to remain uninstructed.

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