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untaught

/uhn-tawt/US // ʌnˈtɔt //UK // (ʌnˈtɔːt) //

无师自通,无师自通的,无师自通者,无教无类

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Definitions

v.动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : simple past tense and past participle of unteach.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not taught; not acquired by teaching; natural: untaught gentleness.
    • : not instructed or educated; naive; ignorant.

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Examples

  • He was a savage, untaught in the arts and refinements of civilization, and in estimating his character this should be considered.

  • They were not merely illiterate and untaught, but showed also an extremely low grade of reasoning power.

  • The first duty is from the parent to the child: this unfulfilled, the duty of the child remains untaught.

  • No cook untaught by an educated brain ever makes these, and yet economy is a great gainer by them.

  • Jeffrey came next Sunday, and often after declared he never heard such words, such a sacred, untaught gift of speech.