unschooled

adjective

un·​schooled ˌən-ˈsküld How to pronounce unschooled (audio)
Synonyms of unschoolednext
1
: not schooled : untaught, untrained
… we get a … tour of the stouthearted, unschooled … folks who scratch out a living in the middle of their particular nowhere.Ron Givens
2
: not artificial : natural
unschooled talent

Synonyms of unschooled

Examples of unschooled in a Sentence

These things look the same to my unschooled eye. sculptures made by unschooled artists
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When Obama met Trump for a ritual pre-Inauguration visit to the Oval Office, he was struck by how unschooled and incurious the President-elect was. Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 4 May 2026 Mata was also concerned about how the data failed to display how INA staff works with the lowest English proficiency students in the district — specifically those who are unschooled, and oftentimes refugees who have just entered the country. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026 By comparison, Danceny is practically a boy, unschooled in the art of manipulation, and Reeves provides the character with the appropriate youthful naïveté. Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2025 Whether these findings map onto kids who are unschooled in the context of worldschooling remains to be seen without systematic longitudinal studies; anecdotal evidence from the parents in my research suggests mixed results. Jennie Germann Molz, Scientific American, 21 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for unschooled

Word History

First Known Use

1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of unschooled was in 1589

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“Unschooled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unschooled. Accessed 6 May. 2026.

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unschooled

adjective
un·​schooled ˌən-ˈsküld How to pronounce unschooled (audio)
ˈən-
: not schooled : untaught, untrained
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