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unschooled

un·schooled
U u

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [uhn-skoold]
    • /ʌnˈskuld/
    • /ˈʌn.ˈskuːld/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [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

Historical Comparancy

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

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Synonyms 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.

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