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untutored

American  
[uhn-too-terd, -tyoo-] / ʌnˈtu tərd, -ˈtyu- /

adjective

  1. not tutored; untaught; uninstructed.

  2. naive, ignorant, or unsophisticated.


untutored British  
/ ʌnˈtjuːtəd /

adjective

  1. without formal instruction or education

  2. lacking sophistication or refinement

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Etymology

Origin of untutored

First recorded in 1585–95; un- 1 + tutor + -ed 2

Example Sentences

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"I was an untutored villager, with no idea of acting."

From Barron's

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

He sees them as an upmarket substitute for the Trump phenomenon, "untutored and ill-led" as it was.

From Salon

This led some people to dismiss him as a brash, untutored interloper.

From New York Times

“The untutored form of mark making and the ideas of representation and abstraction were such an important influence in the development of his own oeuvre and arguably in the development of Modern art.”

From New York Times