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untaught

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un⋅taught

  [uhn-tawt]
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–verb
1. pt. and pp. of unteach.
–adjective
2. not taught; not acquired by teaching; natural: untaught gentleness.
3. not instructed or educated; naive; ignorant.
Origin:
(defs. 2, 3) un- 1 + taught

un⋅teach

  [uhn-teech]
–verb (used with object), -taught, -teach⋅ing.
1. to cause to be forgotten or disbelieved, as by contrary teaching.
2. to cause to forget or disbelieve something previously taught.
Origin:
1525–35; un- 2 + teach
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un·taught   (ŭn-tôt')   
adj.  

  1. Not instructed; ignorant.

  2. Not acquired by instruction; natural.

un·teach   (ŭn-tēch')   
tr.v.   un·taught (-tôt'), un·teach·ing, un·teach·es

  1. To cause to forget or unlearn something.

  2. To teach the opposite or contrary of (something previously taught).

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