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

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