untrained
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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After 10 weeks of training, rats that exercised had about four times as many neurons in the cardiovascular nerve cluster on the right side of the body compared with the left, relative to untrained animals.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
“Toy guns, water guns, and BB guns all pose real dangers, especially to an untrained eye,” the Police Department said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
Senior coroner Mutch added the "purported expertise" of untrained people posed a risk to all children where those unregulated services were used.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
“Putting untrained personnel at security checkpoints does not fill a gap. It creates one,” Kelley said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 22, 2026
What chance—what shadow of a chance—had those poor, untrained, half-armed farmers at Concord?
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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