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

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

Definition of untaught

Adjective

Sound equity practices do not require hiring unqualified people or lowering standards.

— Akolisa Ufodike, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Hines, 66, appealed unsuccessfully to the governor and the courts, saying that the doctor who oversaw the May execution was unqualified and likely to botch his execution as well.

— CBS News, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of unqualified

Adjective

And while nearly half of respondents said execution, data collection and documentation are at a digital or connected level, the other half are left unprepared.

— Matt Lowe, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Reynolds admits to feeling emotionally unprepared even at the best of times.

— Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of unprepared

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

Definition of unschooled

Adjective

Attempts to go hyperrealistic can go too far and make the whole endeavor feel amateurish.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
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

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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