as in ignorant
lacking in education or the knowledge gained from books
gathered the village's children, who were uninstructed for the most part, and formed a school
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Recent Examples of uninstructed
If 60% of voting shareholders support a proposal and 40% oppose it, uninstructed shares would follow the same distribution.
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James H. Lee,
Fortune,
28 May 2026
Training protocols that treat uninstructed inner speech as silence.
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Jason Snyder,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
James H. Lee,
Fortune,
28 May 2026
Training protocols that treat uninstructed inner speech as silence.
—
Jason Snyder,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninstructed
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Let’s hope that George Santayana’s warning to those ignorant of history about the past repeating itself makes an exception for our present Defense Department.
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And then there are amateur collectors like me, who might not know ironstone from porcelain, but whose last day on earth could be spent touching old objects in ignorant bliss.
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Over the same period, entry-level head count at the high-intensity firms rose 12%, contradicting predictions and fears that young or inexperienced workers would be most at risk of losing their jobs to AI.
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Immer and Lois work with land stewards to find projects that make sense for eager but often inexperienced volunteers.
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“Uninstructed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninstructed. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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