adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Not instructed

   "like an uninstructed bowler who thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straight forward upon it"

2. 2
   Uneducated. archaic

   "the uninstructed poor"

Adjective

1. 1
   lacking information or instruction wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

uninformedbarbaricbarbarousbenightedbooklessdeceived

Example

More examples

"like an uninstructed bowler who thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straight forward upon it"

Etymology

From un- + instructed.

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