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Recent Examples of untrained
Even with my wildly untrained palate, the wine floored me—round and rich, full of berries, cherries, maybe even chocolate.
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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
To the untrained eye, researchers said the skull resembles the bones of a goat or horse, leading to the team naming the genus after animal sacrifices.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Line-level staff members go untrained.
—Michael Wagner, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
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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
To the untrained eye, researchers said the skull resembles the bones of a goat or horse, leading to the team naming the genus after animal sacrifices.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
Line-level staff members go untrained.
—Michael Wagner, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untrained
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Opposition to the storage systems usually focuses on the possibility of thermal runaway, a chain reaction of uncontrolled heating that can lead to fire or an explosion.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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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.—
Becca Longmire,
PEOPLE,
29 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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There are somewhere between 60 million to 100 million feral cats in the United States, rivaling the number of cozy pets.—
Rebecca van Laer
September 30,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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The roughly 5-month-old kitten got a fresh start after he and his littermates were found living in a colony of feral cats.—
Simone Jasper,
Charlotte Observer,
25 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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On either side of the cool, free-flowing river, hollows flanking the water conceal outtakes from another time—from prehistoric sites dating back thousands of years to untamed wilderness and waterfalls left wholly untouched.—
Katie Strasberg Rousso,
Southern Living,
19 Sep. 2025
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Those gardens, intended to be untamed, animating, and informal, are the work of Piet Oudolf, the creator of the High Line plantings, in New York.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Shutdowns can delay contracts, squeeze liquidity, and reveal how unprepared many companies are to absorb shocks, Gainer said.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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The challenges schools face While there is no federal data on how many public schools have air conditioning, many schools were built for cooler temperatures, and are unprepared for how our changing climate is making extreme heat days stretch further into the fall.—
Simmone Shah,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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Lane change issues, road debris or an unskilled driver are all quickly visible in the rear-view mirror with a tap on the accelerator.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
21 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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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 8 Oct. 2025.
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