What does untaught mean?

Definitions for untaught
ʌnˈtɔtun·taught

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word untaught.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. unschooled, untaught, untutoredadjective

    lacking in schooling

    "untaught people whose verbal skills are grossly deficient"; "an untutored genius"; "uneducated children"

Wiktionary

  1. untaughtadjective

    Not taught

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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.

ChatGPT

  1. 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

  1. Untaught

    un-tawt′, adj. not taught, illiterate: not communicated by teaching: ignorant.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of untaught in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of untaught in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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  • acceptione perdet seLatin

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