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- [uhn-skoold]
- /ʌnˈskuld/
- /ˈʌn.ˈskuːld/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [uhn-skoold]
- /ʌnˈskuld/
Definitions of unschooled word
- adjective unschooled not schooled, taught, or trained: Though unschooled, he had a grasp of the subject. 1
- adjective unschooled not acquired or artificial; natural: an unschooled talent. 1
- adjective unschooled not educated or trained 1
- adjective unschooled An unschooled person has had no formal education. 0
- adjective unschooled having received no training or schooling 0
- adjective unschooled spontaneous; natural 0
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Origin of unschooled
First appearance:
before 1580 One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1580-90; un-1 + school1 + -ed2
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Parts of speech for Unschooled
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
unschooled popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 86% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 60% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
unschooled usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for unschooled
adj unschooled
- apprenticed — a person who works for another in order to learn a trade: an apprentice to a plumber.
- benighted — If you describe people or the place where they live as benighted, you think they are unfortunate or do not know anything.
- birdbrained — a stupid, foolish, or scatterbrained person.
- clueless — If you describe someone as clueless, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they do not know anything about a particular subject or that they are incapable of doing a particular thing properly.
- cornball — Cornball means the same as corny.
adjective unschooled
- catachrestic — Constituting or related to catachresis.
- inerudite — Not erudite; unlearned; ignorant.
- naive — having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- nescient — lack of knowledge; ignorance.
- offenseless — without offense.
Antonyms for unschooled
adj unschooled
- bookish — Someone who is bookish spends a lot of time reading serious books.
See also
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