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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18 April 2025

GROIN

(noun) the crease at the junction of the inner part of the thigh with the trunk together with the adjacent region and often including the external genitals


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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