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as in uncontrolled
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as in untutored
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Recent Examples of untrained
Each vineyard produces startlingly different wines detectable even by untrained palates.
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Benjy Egel, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Nearly three in four small and medium business owners either manage their own cybersecurity or rely on untrained family members or friends.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
In at least two cases, both on a carrier called World Atlantic, the evacuations were led not by flight attendants but by untrained guards.
—Mckenzie Funk, ProPublica, 1 Apr. 2025
Thinking fast, the kid rubs his fists in broken glass, instantly upgrading his wimpy, untrained knuckles into deadly weapons.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Mar. 2025
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Benjy Egel, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Nearly three in four small and medium business owners either manage their own cybersecurity or rely on untrained family members or friends.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
In at least two cases, both on a carrier called World Atlantic, the evacuations were led not by flight attendants but by untrained guards.
—Mckenzie Funk, ProPublica, 1 Apr. 2025
Thinking fast, the kid rubs his fists in broken glass, instantly upgrading his wimpy, untrained knuckles into deadly weapons.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 8 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untrained
Adjective
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Keep your fingers crossed as this uncontrolled experiment is getting bigger each passing day.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Sepsis is a condition that leads to uncontrolled inflammation in the body and sometimes organ failure.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
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No untutored voice, nor even sound of rushing car disturbed the seemingly sacred stillness of the hour.—
Erin Alberty,
Axios,
14 Apr. 2025
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His savage, untutored mind suggested no better way than that of wreaking vengeance upon those who had wronged him.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
21 Feb. 2025
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According to the outlets, the 250-pound deceased pet was then entered into a feral pig hunting competition, in which the two men won $1,000 cash.—
Lesley Cosme Torres,
People.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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So, to our minds, this has been a very long, slow build towards Shauna as everything the Antler Queen represents, which is the most feral, the most animalistic, the most excited by that power that comes with being the leader and being out in the wilderness.—
Michaela Zee,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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Whether these findings map onto kids who are unschooled in the context of worldschooling remains to be seen without systematic longitudinal studies; anecdotal evidence from the parents in my research suggests mixed results.—
Jennie Germann Molz,
Scientific American,
21 Oct. 2024
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Some research also suggests that children who are unschooled underperform on academic assessments, particularly regarding reading.—
Ej Dickson,
Rolling Stone,
24 June 2024
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From Muhanga to Mesquite The first deployment from the company that would become Zipline was in 2016 in Muhanga, Rwanda, beginning with the goal of delivering vaccines and other medical supplies quickly and reliably across the untamed expanses of Africa.—
Tim Stevens,
ArsTechnica,
8 Apr. 2025
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Practical Information The drive, which is surrounded by wilderness, is even more untamed in the winter.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, in Valladolid, few new players were added last summer, leaving the team unprepared for this season in La Liga.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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On paper, the system seems like a wonderful way to exchange cultures and give young people an opportunity to see the world, but in reality, the process often gives unprepared, barely adults high-stakes responsibilities in foreign contexts.—
Madeleine Janz,
People.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Related Stories Whoever says this is unskilled work is either ignorant or lying.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
4 Apr. 2025
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Photo: Focus Features/Everett Collection A Coen brothers riff on the spy genre, Burn After Reading is filled with self-mythologizing drunks, unskilled opportunists, and borderline morons.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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Still, with this inspirational true story, the streamer stands to reach a much wider public than Perry’s typical audience, reminding how much of American history remains untaught and largely untold.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
6 Dec. 2024
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Until recent years, the story of how this period affected California’s Indigenous peoples had largely gone untaught or underrecognized.—
Anne Wallentine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 June 2024
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“Untrained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untrained. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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