untrained
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3.4
- adjective
- /ʌnˈtreɪnd/
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inexperto
- The untrained staff struggled to complete the tasks efficiently.
- an untrained eye
- an untrained listener
- musically untrained
And to the untrained person, it controls them.
- And to the untrained person, it controls them.
- So the Prescott Prescott's start sending in untrained crews.
- Just I think to the untrained eye to on a surface value, surface level, whatever.
- They sense more than an untrained male.
- See, because you're untrained, you're a gardener in war, you have no skills.
- So in an untrained mind, the thinking is spinning like a revolving door.
- And they, there's a line, you know, I could see how the untrained mind could not get where that line was, but that was the point of the ad.
- It's very hard for an untrained manager or leader to recognize that those things can be connected but also disconnected.
- And so like to an untrained eye, they might both look like the same thing from you to a trained feel.
- So if it to the untrained eyes and ears, a person who hears that they're saying to themselves, geez, that that's really what he's saying is he's just a normal guy.
- So if it to the untrained eyes and ears, a person who hears that they're saying to themselves, jeez, that that's really what he's saying is he's just a normal guy.
- And when you feel the feelings of care and deep emotion and this, this was untrained.
Examples
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It's not known if this particular song turns on the female superfinch, but to the untrained human ear, they sure sound a whole lot alike.
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A highly trained brain uses less energy and is more efficient than an untrained one.
Academic text (1992) -
And to the untrained eye, it's it's pretty hard to tell which ones we're telling you right now.
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Just I think to the untrained eye to on a surface value, surface level, whatever.
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Only to the untrained eye.
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What would the consequences be if untrained employees were thrust into the job too quickly?
Academic text (1996) -
"To her untrained eye, one sailboat looked very much the same as the next."
Fiction book (1999) -
Well, boys and girls, to the untrained eye, it looks as if crime pays, doesn't it?
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Ideally, in fact, diagnostics could be done quickly by relatively untrained workers and would rapidly produce easy to read results.
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The other frightening thing about volcanoes: to the untrained eye, they just look like mountains.
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Synonyms
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2.1
Having little experience in a job or activity
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3.4
Not having much skill or practice
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4.4
New and without much experience in a job or activity
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8.0
People who do not know about a subject or activity
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2.9
Having no ability or training to do something well
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7.8
Having no formal schooling or lessons
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6.0
Not experienced at doing something
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6.8
A person who has not had school or lessons
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6.5
A person who has little experience in a job or activity
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4.4
Not able to do something well
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8.4
Not having much experience or knowledge about a subject
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6.5
Not skilled at a task or subject
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9.5
Inexperienced and not fully trained, often a young person or group
Someone who has no training or basic knowledge about a subject
Not trained and not able to do a particular job
Not having special knowledge or skill in a subject
Not trained or practiced in basic routines like marching
Antonyms
How Trained
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word untrained comes from the two parts un- meaning 'not' and train meaning 'to teach' or 'prepare'. So, untrained describes someone who has not been taught or practised, which is why they may lack skill or experience.