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

Her eyes now and again filled with tears, and she tried, in her poor untutored way, to set him right.

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As I read the rebuke I felt positively ashamed of my country and its untutored ways.

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For what knew the untutored peasant girl of history, of the slow, painful steps by which Christianity was won for the world?

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You might hear in the bushes the young blackbirds trilling their first untutored notes.

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But, as the female crowd approached them, the gaudy colors of a shawl attracted the eyes of a wild and untutored Huron.

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