untaught

American  

[uhn-tawt] / ʌnˈtɔt /

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of unteach.

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adjective

1. not taught; teach; not acquired by teaching; natural.

   untaught gentleness.

2. not instructed or educated; naive; ignorant.

untaught British  

/ ʌnˈtɔːt /

adjective

1. without training or education

2. attained or achieved without instruction

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Etymology

Origin of untaught

untaught ( defs. 2, 3 ) un- ¹ + taught

Example Sentences

Advocates say that left untaught, teens and young adults may turn to questionable sources, such as TikTok or YouTube videos.

From Seattle Times

Wholly untaught, with faculties quite torpid, they seemed to me hopelessly dull; and, at first sight, all dull alike: but I soon found I was mistaken.

From Literature

Instead, it was pushed down, unremembered and untaught until efforts decades later started bringing it into the light.

From Seattle Times

They could also be untaught if the tone continued to be unaccompanied by a shock, and then be retrained by pairing them once more.

From Scientific American

Nor was he as untaught as he claimed; he took classes and learned a great deal from his painter friends.

From New York Times