as in untutored
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Adjective
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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
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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
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Until recent years, the story of how this period affected California’s Indigenous peoples had largely gone untaught or underrecognized.—
Anne Wallentine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 June 2024
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To the rescue of those uninitiated of the ins and outs of professional golf came renowned golf influencer Paige Spiranac, who dedicated a post on her X profile, which has more than one million followers, to explaining the issue.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 May 2025
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Game players knew this was coming and fidgeted in their seats to see what their uninitiated friends and family would make of last night’s big The Last of Us episode.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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The president’s first pick to be the U.S. attorney for D.C., Ed Martin, was an unqualified wreck who was opposed by even Republican senators, causing Trump to replace him with Pirro.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
11 May 2025
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In six flights, Alpha has amassed just two unqualified successes.—
Daniel Larlham,
ArsTechnica,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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Indeed, while undergoing IVF involves a shocking price tag many are unprepared for, the physical and emotional burden cannot be underestimated.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
16 May 2025
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Given the majority have an exit plan, that still leaves a substantial portion unprepared for the complexities of selling a business.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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Whether these findings map onto kids who are unschooled in the context of worldschooling remains to be seen without systematic longitudinal studies; anecdotal evidence from the parents in my research suggests mixed results.—
Jennie Germann Molz,
Scientific American,
21 Oct. 2024
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Some research also suggests that children who are unschooled underperform on academic assessments, particularly regarding reading.—
Ej Dickson,
Rolling Stone,
24 June 2024
Adjective
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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
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As is often the case, Louie was unlucky — and also unskillful.—
Frank Stewart,
The Mercury News,
12 Mar. 2017
Adjective
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Enzo Maresca There’s a particular sort of person who tends to celebrate goals, wins, anything to do with sporting success really, not with obvious expressions of happiness, but with an intensity that might look like anger to the untrained eye.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
11 May 2025
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To the untrained eye, torpedo bats don’t look all that different from standard bats.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Curbstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curbstone. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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