adj
Meaning 1
Not schooled; not having been to school.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
unschooled
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adj
Meaning 2
Inexperienced; not having developed skill or knowledge in some area.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He was unschooled in the art of persuasion.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of unschool
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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adjective satellite
Meaning 4
lacking in schooling
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- untaught people whose verbal skills are grossly deficient
- an untutored genius
- uneducated children
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: untaught, untutored
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English schooled English unschooled From un- + schooled.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: необучен (neobučen) — not schooled
- Bulgarian: необразован (neobrazovan) — not schooled
- Plautdietsch: onjeschoolt — not schooled
- Polish: nieobyty — not schooled
- Polish: niewyrobiony — not schooled