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
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Recent Examples of uninstructed
Training protocols that treat uninstructed inner speech as silence.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninstructed
Adjective
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We’d be laughed at and called ignorant boors!—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2026
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Dunk isn’t ignorant of what doing the right thing could cost him.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
13 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Older, more experienced players — like Indiana’s fleet of 24-year olds — are usually better than younger, inexperienced ones, especially in this age of the transfer portal.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Jan. 2026
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Tech Hamiltonians and Silicon Valley enthusiasts are often inexperienced in the ways of government and unaccustomed to the compromise and diplomacy that successful policy implementation often requires.—
Walter Russell Mead,
The Atlantic,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Uninstructed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninstructed. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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