Untrained
[ʌn'treɪnd] or [,ʌn'trend]
Definition
(adj.) not disciplined or conditioned or made adept by training; 'an untrained voice'; 'untrained troops'; 'young minds untrained in the habit of concentration' .
Checker: Monroe--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not trained.
(a.) Not trainable; indocile.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Undisciplined, uninstructed, uneducated, untutored, inexperienced, uninitiated, undrilled, not trained, ignorant.
Checker: Luther
Definition
adj. not trained or disciplined.
Edited by Ben
Examples
- An untrained sight would never have seen by the moonlight what she saw at the length of a few strokes astern. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Untrained human nature was not frank and innocent; it was full of the twists and defences of an instinctive guile. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- On these journeys the harvester frequently travels long distances over paths so buried by the undergrowth of the jungle that they are almost invisible to the untrained eye. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The untrained ear is not conscious of overtones and recognizes only the strong dominant fundamental. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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