untaught

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ʌnˈtɔːt/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ʌnˈtɔt/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(un tôt′)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
un•taught /ʌnˈtɔt/USA pronunciation  adj. 
  1. not taught;
    natural:untaught gracefulness.
  2. not instructed or educated;
    ignorant.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
un•taught  (un tôt′),USA pronunciation v. 
  1. pt. and pp. of unteach. 

adj. 
  1. not taught;
    not acquired by teaching;
    natural:untaught gentleness.
  2. not instructed or educated;
    naive;
    ignorant.
  • (defs. 2, 3) un-1 + taught

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
untaught / ʌnˈtɔːt/
  1. without training or education
  2. attained or achieved without instruction
'untaught' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ignorant - intuition - uneducated - unlearned - untutored

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