untutored

[ uhn-too-terd, -tyoo- ]

adjective

1. not tutored; untaught; uninstructed.
2. naive, ignorant, or unsophisticated.

untutored

/ ʌnˈtjuːtəd /

adjective

1. without formal instruction or education
2. lacking sophistication or refinement

Word History and Origins

Origin of untutored¹

First recorded in 1585–95; un- ¹ + tutor + -ed ²

Example Sentences

He sees them as an upmarket substitute for the Trump phenomenon, "untutored and ill-led" as it was.

From Salon

This led some people to dismiss him as a brash, untutored interloper.

From New York Times

“The untutored form of mark making and the ideas of representation and abstraction were such an important influence in the development of his own oeuvre and arguably in the development of Modern art.”

From New York Times

I’m guessing my imagination was processing the same aromas wine writers call “graphite,” along with berries or cherries or dark red fruit my untutored brain didn’t distinguish.

From Washington Post

Sabyasachi calls it “the exuberance of design that comes from an untutored mind.”

From New York Times

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