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What is another word for untaught?

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Not formally taught or trained

Done instinctively, as opposed to having been taught

Not sufficiently competent, knowledgeable or experienced to do something

Not having knowledge or experience of or with (something)

Having a naive or unsuspecting nature

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Not formally taught or trained

uncivilized^US

uncivilised^UK

not the full shilling

thick as two short planks

as thick as two short planks

wet behind the ears

as green as grass

dead from the neck up

a brick short of a load

two sandwiches short of a picnic

functionally illiterate

unable to read or write

unacquainted with schooling

labouring^UK

laboring^US

not the sharpest tool in the box

not the sharpest tool in the shed

not the sharpest knife in the drawer

dumb as a box of rocks

dumb as a bag of hammers

flakey^US

flaky^UK

away with the fairies

not right in the head

with a screw loose

touched in the head

not right

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“She possessed a raw and untaught talent for painting, never having received any formal training in the art.”

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Done instinctively, as opposed to having been taught

by seat of one's pants

primeval^US

primaeval^UK

lodged in one's brain

deeply felt

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“After years of observing her in the kitchen, it was clear that her untaught culinary skills were a result of her innate talent and intuition.”

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Not sufficiently competent, knowledgeable or experienced to do something

leaving much to be desired

flakey^US

flaky^UK

labouring^UK

laboring^US

couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery

not know one's arse from one's elbow

unable to do something

all fingers and thumbs

unable to do something for toffee

having two left hands

labored^US

laboured^UK

ill-judged

paralyzed^US

paralysed^UK

like a bull in a china shop

up creek without paddle

neutralized^US

neutralised^UK

to no avail

no-go

not effective

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Not having knowledge or experience of or with (something)

like a babe in the woods

in the springtime of life

readily swallowing whole

falling hook line and sinker

generalized^US

generalised^UK

unable to read and write

conjectural

unessayed

prototype

in the experimental stage

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Adjective

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Having a naive or unsuspecting nature

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