untrained
Lacking any preparation
Untrained means lacking instruction or practice in a particular skill or discipline.
An untrained eye misses details an expert would catch.
An untrained dog hasn't learned commands.
The word often implies rawness rather than incompetence—potential not yet developed: To the untrained ear, the wines tasted identical.
Lacking acquired competence
- unpracticedWithout training or skill
- unseasonedLacking flavor or experience
- greenColor of vegetation
- rawIn original state
unqualified · unprepared · inept · amateur · unpolished · unfamiliar · unversed · uninitiated
One who lacks experience
- rookieInexperienced newcomer
- neophyteInexperienced beginner
- greenhornInexperienced, gullible newcomer
- newbieInexperienced person, informally
fledgling · apprentice · recruit · learner · tyro · novitiate · cadet · initiate
Without formal instruction
- unschooledLacking formal instruction
- ignorantLacking knowledge or awareness
- uneducatedLacking formal instruction
- uninformedLacking necessary knowledge
unenlightened · naive · unlettered · illiterate · uncultivated · unlearned · unknowledgeable · unsophisticated
unskilled
Lacking acquired competence
- unpracticedWithout training or skill
- unseasonedLacking flavor or experience
- greenColor of vegetation
raw · unqualified · unprepared · inept · amateur · unpolished · unfamiliar · unversed · uninitiated · unschooled
beginner
One who lacks experience
newbie · fledgling · apprentice · recruit · learner · tyro · novitiate · cadet · initiate · entrant
untutored
Without formal instruction
- unschooledLacking formal instruction
- ignorantLacking knowledge or awareness
- uneducatedLacking formal instruction
uninformed · unenlightened · naive · unlettered · illiterate · uncultivated · unlearned · unknowledgeable · unsophisticated · clueless
- lack of skillincompetence, ineptitude, clumsiness, awkwardness, inexperience
- fitness levelsfit, unfit, in shape, out of shape, athletic
- novicesnovice, beginner, rookie, newbie, greenhorn
- skill levelsbeginner, novice, intermediate, expert, advanced
- unreadyunprepared, ill-prepared, ill-equipped, unready, not ready
- nonexpertslaymen, laypeople, laypersons, laywomen, laity
untrainedtrained
Taught a skill
educated · schooled · instructed · taught · drilled
untrainedtrained
Taught a skill
expert · skilled · proficient · seasoned · experienced
untrainedtrained
Taught a skill
housebroken · house-trained · toilet-trained · potty-trained · disciplined