UNSCHOOLED Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

unschooled

adjective

ˌən-ˈsküld

as in ignorant

lacking in education or the knowledge gained from books an unschooled but nevertheless intelligent woman who desperately wanted to learn how to read

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Recent Examples of unschooled Some research also suggests that children who are unschooled underperform on academic assessments, particularly regarding reading. —

Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2024 This assessment agrees with the widespread belief that Trump is utterly unschooled in geopolitical history or philosophy. —

Edward A. Wasserman, Hartford Courant, 18 June 2024 How to watch the 10 Oscar movies nominated for best picture Heaven forbid you are unschooled for the post-Oscars discourse! —

Aj Willingham, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024 Now, instead of a master weaver being required to make cloth, an unschooled child could work a loom. —

Diana Gitig, Ars Technica, 13 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for unschooled

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ignorant

Adjective

But even for someone like myself, totally ignorant to the lore and not really seeking to change that, the Star Wars universe can look genuinely interesting, and some games every now and then manage to tap into that potential.

— Adam Ismail, The Drive, 30 Apr. 2026
Jahmil Eady – Freaky As gentrifiers take over her neighborhood, a Gullah Geechee woman, Annabelle (Melanie Nicholls-King) calls on ancestral knowledge, which has dire consequences for the newcomers who have begun to take over the land, ignorant of its history.

— Richard Newby, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026