Synonyms for "unschooled" (92 found)

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Closest matches (19)

uneducatedamateurishartlessbarbaricbarbarousbenightedbooklesschurlishdeceiveddisembarrassdisembroildisencumberdisentangleempty headedempty-headedfunctionally illiterategothicgrammarlessguileless

Strong matches (27)

heathenhoodwinkedignorantill-educatedilliterateinartificialinexperiencedingenuousinnocentknow-nothingled astraylowbrowmisinformedmisinstructedmistaughtnaivenaturalnonintellectualpaganphilistine

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primitiverudesemiskilledsimpleunaccomplishedunaffected

Adjective(1 words)

ignorant

Related words (46)

unartificialunbookedunbookishunbooklearnedunbriefedunbusinesslikeuncoacheduncultivatedunculturedundisciplinedunedifiedunendoweduneruditeunfinishedungiftedunguideduninitiateduninstructedunintellectualunlearned

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unletteredunliteraryunpolishedunpreparedunprimedunprofessionalunreadunrefinedunscholarlyunscrambleunskilledunsophisticatedunstudiedunstudiousuntalenteduntangleuntaughtuntieuntraineduntutoreduntwineunworldly

Adjective(2 words)

unknowledgeableunwitting

Adjective(2 words)

untaughtuntutored

Related word relations

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4 relation types

derived from

1 entries

schooled

form of

1 entries

unschool

related to

3 entries

inexperiencedschoolschooled

similar

2 entries

uneducated

Translations

5 translations across 3 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries

• необразован adj (not schooled)
• необучен adj (not schooled)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

• onjeschoolt adj (not schooled)

Polish

2 entries

• nieobyty adj (not schooled)
• niewyrobiony adj (not schooled)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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He was unschooled in the art of persuasion.

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