unschooled

[ uhn-skoold ]

adjective

1. not schooled, school, taught, or trained:

   Though unschooled, he had a grasp of the subject.

2. not acquired or artificial; natural:

   an unschooled talent.

unschooled

/ ʌnˈskuːld /

adjective

1. having received no training or schooling
2. spontaneous; natural

   unschooled talent

Word History and Origins

Origin of unschooled¹

First recorded in 1580–90; un- ¹ + school ¹ + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Mark Kobold is drawing what he describes as a magic bird that looks, to my unschooled eye, like a medieval crow well-suited for a “Game of Thrones” family crest.

From Seattle Times

Los Angeles officials have spoken openly about attempts to find unschooled students and help remove obstacles that are preventing them from coming to school.

From Washington Times

The drama’s most intense spotlight is trained on Woodard, portraying a carefree teen from a comparatively more tolerant Chicago, who is unschooled in the lethal racial crosscurrents of the Deep South.

From Washington Post

There is no guarantee they, or Web3, will live up to their promise, while the highly volatile nature of cryptocurrency and NFT markets suggest perils for the unschooled trader.

From Reuters

As a result of the publicity about his schooling, or lack thereof, Fischer was beginning to be thought of as a nyeculturni by the Russians, unschooled and uncultured, and they began to tease him.

From Literature

Related Words

• illiterate
• uneducated