CURBSTONE Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

curbstone

adjective

Definition of curbstone

as in untutored

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Adjective

No untutored voice, nor even sound of rushing car disturbed the seemingly sacred stillness of the hour.

— Erin Alberty, Axios, 14 Apr. 2025
His savage, untutored mind suggested no better way than that of wreaking vengeance upon those who had wronged him.

— Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025

Definition of untutored

Adjective

By the early sixties, the romance of the untaught or naïve artist was really catching.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Still, with this inspirational true story, the streamer stands to reach a much wider public than Perry’s typical audience, reminding how much of American history remains untaught and largely untold.

— Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024

Definition of untaught

Adjective

The automation should end when the customer replies, books, declines, becomes unqualified or needs a decision from a person.

— Michael Fox, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Immigrant rights groups say the new rules exacerbate a truck driver shortage and inflame anti-immigrant bias by perpetuating the myth that all such drivers are unqualified.

— Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of unqualified

Adjective

The song was born of the realization that, as a professional entertainer and family breadwinner from the age of 9 — born to loving but woefully unprepared teen parents — Becky stepped in as head of the household.

— Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
But an actor who came up on huge blockbusters like Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean was unprepared for the speed at which the German auteur was prepared to move.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of unprepared

Adjective

Scholars hazarded theories as to how an unschooled middle-aged Black woman from the South could brush with genius.

— Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Mata was also concerned about how the data failed to display how INA staff works with the lowest English proficiency students in the district — specifically those who are unschooled, and oftentimes refugees who have just entered the country.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026

Definition of unschooled

Adjective

The show focuses on the fictional Toledo Truth Teller, an understaffed, more-than-slightly amateurish, failing publication that shares its office space with the Softees toilet paper company owned by its parent corporation.

— Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2026
In his lawsuit, Bonta referred to Bianco’s efforts to recount the ballots as amateurish and dubious.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of amateurish

Adjective

It was intended to be a mockery of the way White people danced, though plantation owners often interpreted slaves' movements as unskillful attempts to be like them.

— Scottie Andrew and Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 6 July 2020
One of the most fraught issues around suicide clusters is unskillful media coverage, which studies suggest can spur copycats.

— Kate Siber, Outside Online, 4 Sep. 2018

Definition of unskillful

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