UNTAUGHT

unschooled, untaught, untutored

(adjective) lacking in schooling; “untaught people whose verbal skills are grossly deficient”; “an untutored genius”; “uneducated children”

UNTEACH

unteach

(verb) cause to disbelieve; teach someone the contrary of what he or she had learned earlier

unteach

(verb) cause to unlearn; “teach somebody to unlearn old habits or methods”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

untaught (comparative more untaught, superlative most untaught)

Not taught; uneducated.

(not comparable) Not taught; not conveyed by means of instruction.

Synonyms

• See also ignorant

Source: Wiktionary


UNTEACH

Un*teach", v. t. Etym: [1st pref. un- + teach.]

1. To cause to forget, or to lose from memory, or to disbelieve what has been taught. Experience will unteach us. Sir T. Browne. One breast laid open were a school Which would unteach mankind the lust to shine or rule. Byron.

2. To cause to be forgotten; as, to unteach what has been learned. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.

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