Synonyms of uninstructed

uninstructed

adjective

ˌən-in-ˈstrək-təd 

as in ignorant

lacking in education or the knowledge gained from books

gathered the village's children, who were uninstructed for the most part, and formed a school

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ignorant
• inexperienced
• unlearned
• untutored
• untaught
• uneducated
• unschooled
• dark
• benighted
• illiterate
• unlettered
• simple
• nonliterate
• unread
• innocent
• naive
• rude
• foolish
• analphabetic
• uncultured
• unsophisticated
• artless
• unskilled
• uncultivated
• untrained
• functionally illiterate
• callow
• dumb
• unknowledgeable
• stupid
• semiliterate
• idiotic
• innumerate
• imbecile
• green
• witless
• lowbrow
• moronic
• brainless
• silly
• philistine
• senseless
• raw

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• educated
• knowledgeable
• literate
• intelligent
• experienced
• expert
• brilliant
• trained
• lettered
• learned
• smart
• well-informed
• schooled
• intellectual
• erudite
• scholarly
• well-read
• acquainted
• cultured
• familiar
• aware
• cultivated
• sophisticated
• highbrow
• polymath
• polyhistoric

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of uninstructed

If 60% of voting shareholders support a proposal and 40% oppose it, uninstructed shares would follow the same distribution. —James H. Lee, Fortune, 28 May 2026

Training protocols that treat uninstructed inner speech as silence. —Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025

But uninstructed delegates could advocate for policy changes at the convention in Chicago. —Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2024

But this year he's come down from Chicago to help organize for uninstructed. —Gabriella Abdul-Hakim, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2024