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as in uncontrolled
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as in untutored
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Recent Examples of untrained
Analysts in Colombia agree that Maduro's internal military personnel are untrained, disloyal, and that many cannot be located.
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Kristina Foltz, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
If these people are untrained or unsupported, your message to the rest of your employees won’t land properly.
—Eugenia Mykuliak, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, a young woman’s mental illness, which looks to the untrained eye a lot like schizophrenia, is even less chucklesome.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Planets look like bright stars to the untrained eye, so don't be fooled by AI or influencers.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
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Kristina Foltz, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
If these people are untrained or unsupported, your message to the rest of your employees won’t land properly.
—Eugenia Mykuliak, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Meanwhile, a young woman’s mental illness, which looks to the untrained eye a lot like schizophrenia, is even less chucklesome.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
Planets look like bright stars to the untrained eye, so don't be fooled by AI or influencers.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untrained
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Then, uncontrolled, jerky movements develop as well as vision loss, dementia, and seizures.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
11 Sep. 2025
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While viral replication results in uncontrolled production of a large amounts of the protein, the way it’s produced by the mRNA vaccine is very different.—
Deborah Fuller,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 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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While not native to Florida, wild hogs, also called feral hogs, feral swine, feral pigs, wild boar, wild pigs or piney woods rooter, live in all 67 Florida counties, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife (FWC).—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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There is something feral in the onrush of Marlowe’s verse, with the gleam of bared teeth daring us to laugh.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 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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Some research also suggests that children who are unschooled underperform on academic assessments, particularly regarding reading.—
Ej Dickson,
Rolling Stone,
24 June 2024
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In Pilsen, a diverse working-class neighborhood with a large Mexican American population, Toledo, who was born in Mexico, was a friendly fixture, with an untamed, graying beard and mane of hair.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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The extravagant approach mirrors the hero’s untamed energy, all to yield a genuinely spectacular film.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
27 Aug. 2025
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For Hinton and others, this is less a hypothetical scenario than an approaching reality for which societies remain unprepared.—
Tim Bajarin,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The United States, meanwhile, is unprepared, according to a recent report by the Center for a New American Security.—
Joseph Nepomuceno,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Sep. 2025
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For the unskilled makeup amateurs among us, the face-sculpting technique of contouring is a little too intimidating.—
Jeanne Ballion,
Vogue,
7 Aug. 2025
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When an unskilled injector offers up undereye filler, the more serious side effects can even include blindness or stroke.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
4 Aug. 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 17 Sep. 2025.
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