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untrained

British  
/ ʌnˈtreɪnd /

adjective

  1. not having been trained

    untrained volunteers

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

“A lot of GLP-1s are being prescribed by untrained in obesity professionals,” Levy says.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

“Putting untrained personnel at security checkpoints does not fill a gap. It creates one,” Kelley said.

From Barron's Mar. 22, 2026

These are untrained individuals when it comes to doing the current job that they have.”

From Salon Mar. 22, 2026

These young men were untrained and undisciplined and became involved in activities that were unbecoming to a liberation struggle.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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