unschooled
Americanadjective
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not schooled, taught, or trained.
Though unschooled, he had a grasp of the subject.
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not acquired or artificial; natural.
an unschooled talent.
adjective
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having received no training or schooling
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spontaneous; natural
unschooled talent
Etymology
Origin of unschooled
Example Sentences
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Whatever his intention with this self-effacing and possibly insulting answer, Mr. Newsom seemed unschooled in the dialogue of politics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
Mark Kobold is drawing what he describes as a magic bird that looks, to my unschooled eye, like a medieval crow well-suited for a “Game of Thrones” family crest.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2023
There is no guarantee they, or Web3, will live up to their promise, while the highly volatile nature of cryptocurrency and NFT markets suggest perils for the unschooled trader.
From Reuters • Oct. 4, 2022
Oberholtzer’s Shane is so convincing as the manifestation of pitiably unschooled prejudice that you may have to stifle your own ungenerous impulse to see him punished.
From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2022
It reminded her of the not-so-distant afternoon when she had first discovered the three siblings locked in the barn at Ashton Place, unkempt, unschooled, and untamed—truly, so much had changed since that day!
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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