unschooled
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Definition of unschooled
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Synonyms & Antonyms for unschooled
Synonyms
analphabetic, benighted, dark, ignorant, illiterate, nonliterate, rude, simple, uneducated, uninstructed, unlearned, unlettered, unread, untaught, untutored
Antonyms
educated, knowledgeable, lettered, literate, schooled, well-informed, well-read
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The nominee viewed him as too young and too unschooled in foreign affairs to help him in the campaign or White House. — New York Times, "Obama and Biden’s Relationship Looks Rosy. It Wasn’t Always That Simple.," 16 Aug. 2019 The Best Cook in the World, by Rick Bragg Rick Bragg’s scrumptious food memoir is a tribute to his region, his family, and his mother, who was an unschooled but gifted cook. — Monitor Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, "10 best books of April: the Monitor's picks," 9 Apr. 2018 Germany is subject to many of the same divisions that have given rise to populist movements lifting Trump in the U.S. and Brexit in the U.K. — young against old, educated against unschooled, urban against rural. — Alexander Smith, NBC News, "How the fall of Berlin Wall paved way for Germany’s populists," 2 Feb. 2018 Like many of those who founded Hollywood, Goldwyn was an unschooled immigrant who went from mundane work to creating a world of glamour. — latimes.com, "Today: Fact-Checking Trump’s State of the Union," 31 Jan. 2018 Coleman himself supplements his buoyant alto playing with art brut-style contributions on trumpet and violin, and his unschooled embrace of those instruments caused additional pushback from listeners. — Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader, "Jazz / Music / Post No Bills Two overlooked Ornette Coleman albums from the late 60s finally get reissued," 6 Oct. 2017 Pruett said Elevation Resources recently had a fracking job that was supposed to take seven days but lasted nine because unschooled roughnecks caused some equipment malfunctions. — Dan Murtaugh, Bloomberg.com, "In World’s Hottest Oil Patch, Jitters Mount That a Bust Is Near," 25 Sep. 2017 Johnny’s job is to take the clumsy, unschooled Baby and give her a whirlwind education in the basics of exhibition dancing. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, "Dirty Dancing," 24 Aug. 2017 Fatback, for the unschooled, is derived from the fat of pigs and is used a lot Southern cuisine. — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, "Fatbacks or Fly Traps? Fayetteville ponders odd names for new minor league team," 26 June 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unschooled.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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