Meanings
present singular third person untrains · participle present untraining · participle past untrained · past untrained
- To reverse or undo one's training; to become less trained than before
The 11 girls […]are all trained dancers in real life who, for the purposes of "Billy Elliot," must untrain themselves for each performance and dance with two very left feet.
2009 January 14, Patrick Healy, “Where Ballet Is a Boy Thing”, in New York Times
Origin
- Englishun-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰregʰ-der.?
- Latintrahere
- Vulgar Latin*tragīnāre
- Old Frenchtraïner
- Old Frenchtrain
- Middle Englishtrayne
- Englishtrain
- Englishuntrain
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Cite this entry
untrain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untrain
“untrain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untrain. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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