unschooled

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adjective

Not schooled; not having been to school.

“He was unschooled in the art of persuasion.”

Similar
untaughtuntutoreduneducated
OriginEnglish schooled ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

unschooled1

adjectiveunschooled (comparative more unschooled, superlative most unschooled)

comparative more unschooled · superlative most unschooled

  1. Not schooled; not having been to school.
  2. Inexperienced; not having developed skill or knowledge in some area.

    He was unschooled in the art of persuasion.

unschooled2

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of unschool

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivelacking in schooling

Similar
untaughtuntutoreduneducated
Also see
ignorantuneducateduntaughtuntutored

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. Englishschooled
  9. Englishunschooled

From un- + schooled.

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Translations

Bulgarian необучен, необразован
  • необучен (neobučen)not schooled
  • необразован (neobrazovan)not schooled
Polish nieobyty, niewyrobiony
  • nieobytynot schooled
  • niewyrobionynot schooled
Cite this entry
APA

unschooled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unschooled

MLA

“unschooled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unschooled. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unschooled,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unschooled.

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