untrained

adjective

Definition of untrainednext
1
as in uncontrolled

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2
as in untutored

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Recent Examples of untrained Beyond that, though, the Americans cannot afford to start with a thud, not with so many untrained eyes finally paying attention. — Ben Church, CNN Money, 12 June 2026 The museum touts its irreverence, for example placing a portrait of George Washington by untrained artist Howard Finster with one by Gilbert Stuart. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 8 June 2026 Despite being untrained for the job, surviving Black sailors were ordered to resume ammunition loading weeks later. — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026 Every month, the site drops new fashion finds, but for the untrained eye, separating the newness from the nostalgia is no small feat. — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 6 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for untrained
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untrained
  1. uncontrolled
  2. untutored
  3. feral
  4. unschooled
  5. untamed
  6. unprepared
  7. unskilled
  8. untaught
Adjective
  • Without effective coordination, patients fall through the cracks, chronic diseases remain uncontrolled and preventable complications (including heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure) ensue.
    — Robert Pearl, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
  • Swaths of land left uncontrolled grew into carpets of invasive buffelgrass nearly right up to the jagged edge between the mountain and the sky.
    — Angus Chen, STAT, 22 July 2026
Definition of uncontrolled
Adjective
  • No untutored voice, nor even sound of rushing car disturbed the seemingly sacred stillness of the hour.
    — Erin Alberty, Axios, 14 Apr. 2025
  • 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
Definition of untutored
Adjective
  • Maritime travel dispersed rodents and feral pigs across countless island ecosystems.
    — Elan Abrell, The Conversation, 22 July 2026
  • The main threats to the slow-moving species include fires, drought, feral dogs, cats, dingoes and foxes, with three echidna species classified as critically endangered and vulnerable.
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 16 July 2026
Definition of feral
Adjective
  • When Obama met Trump for a ritual pre-Inauguration visit to the Oval Office, he was struck by how unschooled and incurious the President-elect was.
    — Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Mata was also concerned about how the data failed to display how INA staff works with the lowest English proficiency students in the district — specifically those who are unschooled, and oftentimes refugees who have just entered the country.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
Definition of unschooled
Adjective
  • Courtesy Luxury Living Costa Rica Three centuries before wealthy investors sought out trophy holdings along Costa Rica’s untamed Pacific coast, these shores were a theater of conquistadors, corsairs and cannon fire.
    — Donna Hardie-Scott, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • And though the untamed nature of jungle plants doesn’t quite conjure the French countryside, this villa—Nice Projects's largest interiors project yet—still offers a cocooning sense of calm.
    — Valentina Raggi, Architectural Digest, 21 July 2026
Definition of untamed
Adjective
  • The population may be unprepared, but the authorities have done little to help them.
    — Andrei Popoviciu, The Dial, 21 July 2026
  • During Covid, private health care providers — hospitals and clinics — proved unprepared to manage the deluge of new patients.
    — David Blumenthal, STAT, 20 July 2026
Definition of unprepared
Adjective
  • Understand What The Skills Gap Actually Rewards Of the owners who couldn’t fill their openings, 27% said skilled roles went unfilled, and 12% said the same for unskilled roles.
    — Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 12 July 2026
  • Road accidents kill thousands in Bangladesh every year, due to a combination of poor road conditions, unskilled driving and inadequate oversight of traffic rules.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026
Definition of unskilled
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of untaught

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