unlearned
not learned; not scholarly or erudite.
uneducated; untaught; unschooled; ignorant.
not acquired by instruction, study, etc.
known without being learned.
of or relating to uneducated persons.
Origin of unlearned
1Other words from unlearned
- un·learn·ed·ly, adverb
Words Nearby unlearned
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How to use unlearned in a sentence
But whether the history has been “untold” or not, the problem is that it has been almost entirely “unlearned.”
Oliver Stone Defends His ‘The Untold History of the United States’ | Oliver Stone, Peter Kuznick | November 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTDraw near to me, ye unlearned, and gather yourselves together into the hours of discipline.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousThe name of the field beet is, in the language of the unlearned, mangel-wurzel, "the root of poverty."
After a time he might, if it were thought desirable, be sent into Ireland as a missionary to the rude and unlearned people.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3) | Richard BagwellThus brooded Rotil, unlearned driver of burros and general of an army of the people!
The Treasure Trail | Marah Ellis Ryan
I was his master, however unlearned I 136 might be; his elder and master, to be sure, in a broil of our folk.
The Cruise of the Shining Light | Norman Duncan
British Dictionary definitions for unlearned
/ (ʌnˈlɜːnɪd) /
ignorant or untaught
Derived forms of unlearned
- unlearnedly, adverb
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