What does untaught mean?
Definitions for untaught
ʌnˈtɔtun·taught
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Princeton's WordNet
unschooled, untaught, untutoredadjective
lacking in schooling
"untaught people whose verbal skills are grossly deficient"; "an untutored genius"; "uneducated children"
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untaughtadjective
Not taught
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Untaughtadjective
A lie is continually in the mouth of the untaught. Ecclus. xx.
Taught, or untaught, the dunce is still the same;
Yet still the wretched master bears the blame. Dryden.On ev’ry thorn delightful wisdom grows,
In ev’ry stream a sweet instruction flows;
But some untaught o’erhear the whisp’ring rill,
In spite of sacred leisure, blockheads still. Edward Young.He, that from a child untaught, or a wild inhabitant of the woods, will expect principles of sciences, will find himself mistaken. John Locke.
Suffolk’s imperial tongue is stern and rough,
Us’d to command, untaught to plead for favour. William Shakespeare.
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untaught
Untaught generally refers to abilities, behaviors, knowledge or skills that have not been learned or acquired through formal or informal teaching or instruction. These can include natural abilities or actions learned independently or instinctively.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Untaught
un-tawt′, adj. not taught, illiterate: not communicated by teaching: ignorant.
Anagrams for untaught »
taungthu
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of untaught in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of untaught in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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- acceptione perdet seLatin
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