untaught
pronunciation
How to pronounce untaught in British English:
UK ['ʌn'tɔ:t]
How to pronounce untaught in American English:
US [ʌn'tɔt]
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- Adjective:
- lacking in schooling
Word Origin
- untaught (adj.)
- mid-14c., "not instructed or educated," from un- (1) "not" + taught. Hence "spontaneous, natural" (mid-15c.).
Example
- 1. Better be unboun than untaught , for ignorance is the root of misfortune .
- 2. Ter be unboun than untaught , for ignorance is the root of misfortune .
- 3. Never drive with an untaught or unlocked airbag triggering unit .
- 4. Better be unborn than untaught for ignorance is the root of misfortune .
- 5. When a child or an untaught adult attempts his first scale , what does he do ?