untutored
Americanadjective
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without formal instruction or education
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lacking sophistication or refinement
Etymology
Origin of untutored
Example Sentences
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"I was an untutored villager, with no idea of acting."
From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025
“His pictures,” Barnes wrote, “have the charm of a child’s fairy-tale, but there is nothing childish or untutored in the skill with which they are executed.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2025
Although AI chatbots may seem to the untutored user to be generating their own thoughts in responding to questions, they don’t create content, as such.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2025
This led some people to dismiss him as a brash, untutored interloper.
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2023
‘No,’ said Frodo, feeling strangely rustic and untutored.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
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