untaught

[ uhn-tawt ]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of unteach.

adjective

1. not taught; teach; not acquired by teaching; natural:

   untaught gentleness.

2. not instructed or educated; naive; ignorant.

untaught

/ ʌnˈtɔːt /

adjective

1. without training or education
2. attained or achieved without instruction

Word History and Origins

Origin of untaught¹

untaught ( defs 2, 3 ) un- ¹ + taught

Example Sentences

Advocates say that left untaught, teens and young adults may turn to questionable sources, such as TikTok or YouTube videos.

From Seattle Times

Wholly untaught, with faculties quite torpid, they seemed to me hopelessly dull; and, at first sight, all dull alike: but I soon found I was mistaken.

From Literature

If it is illegal in Florida to teach about systemic racism, then aspects of the Holocaust relevant for young Americans go untaught.

From New York Times

Instead, it was pushed down, unremembered and untaught until efforts decades later started bringing it into the light.

From Seattle Times

They could also be untaught if the tone continued to be unaccompanied by a shock, and then be retrained by pairing them once more.

From Scientific American