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as in uncontrolled
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as in untutored
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Recent Examples of untrained
Hassan and her untrained young relatives recruited parents.
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Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 27 Sep. 2025
Under a tent shrouded in shade cloth at the Desert Botanical Garden, a place known for its showy cactus displays and wildflower blooms, sits a curious collection of inconspicuous plants that could be easily overlooked by the untrained eye.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Even with my wildly untrained palate, the wine floored me—round and rich, full of berries, cherries, maybe even chocolate.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2025
To the untrained eye, there’s a dull sameness to East Lancaster Avenue.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2025
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Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 27 Sep. 2025
Under a tent shrouded in shade cloth at the Desert Botanical Garden, a place known for its showy cactus displays and wildflower blooms, sits a curious collection of inconspicuous plants that could be easily overlooked by the untrained eye.
—John Leos, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Even with my wildly untrained palate, the wine floored me—round and rich, full of berries, cherries, maybe even chocolate.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2025
To the untrained eye, there’s a dull sameness to East Lancaster Avenue.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untrained
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According to Healthline, lymphoproliferative disorders are a group of diseases characterized by the uncontrolled production of white blood cells called lymphocytes.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
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However, caffeine-sensitive individuals or those with uncontrolled blood pressure should exercise more caution.—
Mira Miller,
Verywell Health,
4 Nov. 2025
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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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In Lynne Ramsey's psychological thriller, Jennifer Lawrence is fantastic and feral as a young woman who moves into a country house with her partner (Robert Pattinson).—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
23 Dec. 2025
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They are pinched into a bright, almost surgical nasality or burst loose into grand, sideways arcs, flaring out in a feral yelp.—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
21 Dec. 2025
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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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Bold colors, mixed patterns, and playful textures give this manicure an intentionally untamed feel.—
Kat Suico,
InStyle,
8 Jan. 2026
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Though the wild, untamed north and forested center of Grenada are well worth a visit, most travelers stick almost exclusively to the sandy southwest coast.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Jan. 2026
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But retail industry and health policy experts said state SNAP programs, already under pressure from steep budget cuts, are unprepared for the complex changes, with no complete lists of the foods affected and technical point-of-sale challenges that vary by state and store.—
Jonel Aleccia,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Jan. 2026
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But retail industry and health policy experts said state SNAP programs, already under pressure from steep budget cuts, are unprepared for the complex changes, with no complete lists of the foods affected and technical point-of-sale challenges that vary by state and store.—
Jonel Aleccia,
Fortune,
31 Dec. 2025
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The network also reported female health workers saying that their newer colleagues were likely to be unskilled women who came from Taliban-loyal families.—
NPR,
NPR,
14 Oct. 2025
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Unfortunately, the rest of the roster is too big and unskilled, a downstream consequence of buying into the fiction that Davis is a power forward.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 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 11 Jan. 2026.
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