curbstone

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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
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Adjective
  • For any uninitiated readers, the title is a reference to the Old Testament’s Book of Leviticus.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 22 June 2026
  • The idea is to have expert hairstylists train uninitiated or intimidated fathers on how to comb and braid their kids’ hair, using salon-type head mannequins but in a setting for bros.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
Adjective
  • The rapid creation of large equivalency libraries may appear to be an unqualified benefit, but accumulation introduces its own burdens.
    Troy Holaday, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • There have been three heads of state since October of last year, each uniquely unqualified to lead a nation.
    Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
Adjective
  • Passing a child who is unprepared may be the cruelest act of all.
    Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 20 June 2026
  • This crisis manifests across personal lives, family dynamics, organizational trust, and societal institutions, with many feeling unprepared and disengaged.
    Glenn Llopis, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Adjective
  • When Obama met Trump for a ritual pre-Inauguration visit to the Oval Office, he was struck by how unschooled and incurious the President-elect was.
    Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 4 May 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
Adjective
  • That the two companies viewed something this amateurish as a prime example of what the software could achieve should raise an eyebrow.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
  • But all this was in keeping with the amateurish nature of the tournament.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 3 June 2026
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
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“Curbstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curbstone. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.

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