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Definition of untaught:
Synonyms:
unenlightened, simple, unskilled, uninstructed, analphabetic, artless, unlettered, uninformed, illiterate, ill-informed, uneducated, knowledge, instinctive, untutored, dark, nonliterate, unlearned, rude, spontaneous, unschooled, nescient, ignorant, benighted, unread.
- ignorant (part of speech: adjective)
Usage examples:
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And, in any case, I myself have seen the grace of his person, the natural and untaught elegance of his manners, his eyes full of fire and intelligence, his whole self, in a word, which seems to me altogether amiable and desirable.
- "Pepita Ximenez", Juan Valera. -
Hard as the discipline of his workhouse home had been, it had kept him from much outward harm; the little he had seen in his wanderings had shocked him, and he was more untaught in evil than many lads who thought themselves more respectable, so there was no habit of wickedness to harden and blunt him; and the application of all he had learnt before, found his heart ready.
- "Friarswood Post-Office", Charlotte M. Yonge. -
Add to this that she had a remarkably sweet and beautiful voice, and that, though untaught, she had a good ear for music, and was very fond of singing, and it will be understood that Esther was altogether not uninteresting.
- "King Matthias and the Beggar Boy", Nicholas Jósika.