1
: not instructed or trained : ignorant
2
: natural, spontaneous
untaught kindness
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Examples of untaught in a Sentence
an untaught artist whose primitive paintings are now prized by collectors
Recent Examples on the Web
With #100daysofpractice, the star violinist has drawn back the veil for professionals and amateurs alike on a private, untaught part of musical life.
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David Allen, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2023
Being untaught in our schools, as so much of our history has been.
—Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al, 23 June 2022
Instead, it was pushed down, unremembered and untaught until efforts decades later started bringing it into the light.
—Deepti Hajela, chicagotribune.com, 29 May 2021
But where untaught formlessness is the ideal, the formative character of such an enterprise is suspect, a threat to the authentic, untutored self.
—Michael Knox Beran, National Review, 6 Feb. 2020
David Allen, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2023
Being untaught in our schools, as so much of our history has been.
—Roy S. Johnson | Rjohnson@al.com, al, 23 June 2022
Instead, it was pushed down, unremembered and untaught until efforts decades later started bringing it into the light.
—Deepti Hajela, chicagotribune.com, 29 May 2021
But where untaught formlessness is the ideal, the formative character of such an enterprise is suspect, a threat to the authentic, untutored self.
—Michael Knox Beran, National Review, 6 Feb. 2020
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Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of untaught was
in the 14th century
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“Untaught.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untaught. Accessed 9 Dec. 2023.
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untaught
adjective
un·taught
ˌən-ˈtȯt 
ˈən-
1
: not instructed or trained : ignorant
2
: natural entry 1 sense 1
untaught animal behavior
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