Meanings
adjectiveuntrained (not comparable)
- not comparableLacking training, not having been instructed in something.
Many faults arise through simple jobs being incorrectly done by untrained people; such people must receive and follow precise instructions.
1963 February, “Diesel locomotive faults and their remedies”, in Modern Railways, page 103Synonyms: lay
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveLacking training, not having been instructed in something.
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adjectivenot disciplined or conditioned or made adept by training
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰregʰ-der.?
- Latintrahere
- Vulgar Latin*tragīnāre
- Old Frenchtraïner
- Old Frenchtrain
- Middle Englishtrayne
- Englishtrain
- Englishtrained
- Englishuntrained
Translations
Latin inexercitātus
- inexercitātuslacking training
Spanish no/poco/nada entrenado
- no/poco/nada entrenadolacking training
Turkish eğitimsiz
- eğitimsizlacking training
Cite this entry
APA
untrained. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untrained
MLA
“untrained.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untrained. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “untrained,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untrained.
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