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untutored

[ uhn-too-terd, -tyoo- ]

/ ʌnˈtu tərd, -ˈtyu- /

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adjective

not tutored; untaught; uninstructed.

naive, ignorant, or unsophisticated.

Origin of untutored

First recorded in 1585–95; un-¹ + tutor + -ed²

Words nearby untutored

untruth, untruthful, untuck, untune, unturned, untutored, untwine, untwist, untwisted, untypical, ununbium

Example sentences from the Web for untutored

Finally he bade his wife and her untutored friends a temporary farewell and drifted into Texas.

Sawdust & Spangles |W. C. Coup
Natural phenomena, when of an extraordinary character, powerfully impress the untutored mind.

The Testimony of the Rocks |Hugh Miller
He made a subtle distinction in the untutored aspect of the two countenances before him.

Una Of The Hill Country |Charles Egbert Craddock (AKA Mary Noailles Murfree)
This tale was vivid with genius as yet untutored,—genius in its morning freshness, full of beauties, full of faults.

The Parisians, Complete |Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Yet the sequel proved how much more consummate an artist of the two of us that untutored (even by Roos) old river rat was.

Down the Columbia |Lewis R. Freeman

British Dictionary definitions for untutored

untutored

/ (ʌnˈtjuːtəd) /

adjective

without formal instruction or education

lacking sophistication or refinement