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- [uhn-tawt]
- /ʌnˈtɔt/
- /ʌn.ˈtɔːt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [uhn-tawt]
- /ʌnˈtɔt/
Definitions of untaught word
- verb untaught simple past tense and past participle of unteach. 1
- adjective untaught not taught; not acquired by teaching; natural: untaught gentleness. 1
- adjective untaught not instructed or educated; naive; ignorant. 1
- verb with object untaught to cause to be forgotten or disbelieved, as by contrary teaching. 1
- verb with object untaught to cause to forget or disbelieve something previously taught. 1
- adjective untaught not educated or trained 1
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Parts of speech for Untaught
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preposition
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untaught popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
untaught usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for untaught
adj untaught
- apprenticed — a person who works for another in order to learn a trade: an apprentice to a plumber.
- atavistic — Atavistic feelings or behaviour seem to be very primitive, like the feelings or behaviour of our earliest ancestors.
- behindhand — If someone is behindhand, they have been delayed or have made less progress in their work than they or other people think they should.
- 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.
adjective untaught
- 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.
- newcome — Just arrived; lately come.
Antonyms for untaught
adj untaught
- collegiate — Collegiate means belonging or relating to a college or to college students.
- formalistic — strict adherence to, or observance of, prescribed or traditional forms, as in music, poetry, and art.
adjective untaught
- academic — Academic is used to describe things that relate to the work done in schools, colleges, and universities, especially work which involves studying and reasoning rather than practical or technical skills.
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