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as in uncontrolled
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as in untutored
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Recent Examples of untrained
The discrepancy was based on the shoes’ design and construction—details that might be easily confused or overlooked by an untrained eye.
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Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 6 Feb. 2026
The death of Alex Pretti last weekend is only the latest tragedy to emerge from a model that places untrained civilians in the middle of high-stakes federal operations.
—Christina Buttons, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
Obama just went about his job and didn’t send untrained, uneducated wannabe stormtroopers into cities to intimidate people with tremendous shows of force.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2026
Parker says this can get tricky for the untrained eye.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2026
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Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 6 Feb. 2026
The death of Alex Pretti last weekend is only the latest tragedy to emerge from a model that places untrained civilians in the middle of high-stakes federal operations.
—Christina Buttons, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
Obama just went about his job and didn’t send untrained, uneducated wannabe stormtroopers into cities to intimidate people with tremendous shows of force.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2026
Parker says this can get tricky for the untrained eye.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untrained
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When a man already has high blood pressure or uncontrolled diabetes, the likely causes of ED are easier to pinpoint.—
Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt,
CNN Money,
4 Mar. 2026
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As a result, the annual cost of caring for a single patient with persistent, uncontrolled diabetes averages over $100,000 (four times more than someone who newly develops the disease).—
Robert Pearl,
Twin Cities,
1 Mar. 2026
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No untutored voice, nor even sound of rushing car disturbed the seemingly sacred stillness of the hour.—
Erin Alberty,
Axios,
14 Apr. 2025
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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
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Most everyone in attendance at 2220 seemed to be there to meet or support one of their favorite artists, one of the devout purists of our time who manages to remain that without getting smug, lazy or feral, all common pitfalls.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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And that’s before Hudson shows up and the audience goes feral.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
1 Mar. 2026
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By comparison, Danceny is practically a boy, unschooled in the art of manipulation, and Reeves provides the character with the appropriate youthful naïveté.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
18 Oct. 2025
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Whether these findings map onto kids who are unschooled in the context of worldschooling remains to be seen without systematic longitudinal studies; anecdotal evidence from the parents in my research suggests mixed results.—
Jennie Germann Molz,
Scientific American,
21 Oct. 2024
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These landscapes may feel untamed, temperamental, and raw, but that’s where their romance lies.—
Nicola Chilton,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Feb. 2026
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The parsonage abutted the moors, where Brontë liked to wander, and the wild, bleak landscape of which is described in the novel, acting as a symbol for the untamed nature of the romance at its center.—
Daphne Merkin,
Air Mail,
7 Feb. 2026
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Among those ages 61 to 79, 16% are equally unprepared.—
Allison Palmer,
Sacbee.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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In one particularly heated exchange, South Carolina Republican Nancy Mace accused Walz of being unprepared for the hearing.—
Graham Kates,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, the women faced with that pool of socially unskilled men have largely been overlooked.—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
17 Jan. 2026
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Complex negotiations in large organizations often fail—not because the negotiators are inexperienced or unskilled but because they’re constrained by two structural challenges, agency and alignment, and by the ways organizations manage those challenges.—
Danny Ertel,
Harvard Business Review,
8 Dec. 2025
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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
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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
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“Untrained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untrained. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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