uninstructed

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adjective

Not instructed

“the uninstructed poor”

Similar
unenlightenednaiveuninformed
OriginEnglish instructed ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveuninstructed (comparative more uninstructed, superlative most uninstructed)

comparative more uninstructed · superlative most uninstructed

  1. Not instructed

    like an uninstructed bowler who thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straight forward upon it

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  2. archaicUneducated.

    the uninstructed poor

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivelacking information or instruction

Similar
unenlightenednaiveuninformed
Also see
naiveunenlightened

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishinstructed
  9. Englishuninstructed

From un- + instructed.

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APA

uninstructed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninstructed

MLA

“uninstructed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninstructed. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uninstructed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uninstructed.

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