untutored
Lacking formal instruction
Untutored means lacking formal instruction or training: an untutored musician who learned by ear, untutored in the ways of diplomacy.
The word can suggest natural ability unshaped by education, or simply ignorance.
An untutored eye lacks the training to appreciate or evaluate something properly.
Arising without conscious thought
- innateExisting since birth
- inbornExisting from birth
- inherentExisting as essential part
- unaffectedNot changed or influenced
unspoiled · untaught · spontaneous · intuitive · unschooled · native · organic · unlearned
Lacking practical knowledge
- unskilledLacking acquired competence
- uneducatedLacking formal instruction
- unschooledLacking formal instruction
- amateurNonprofessional participant
novice · beginner · unpracticed · unqualified · inexpert · uninitiated · rookie · untrained
Lacking formal instruction
- unlearnedLacking acquired knowledge
- unletteredUnable to read
- illiterateCannot read or write
- unreadNot yet perused
uninstructed · uninformed · benighted · unenlightened · unknowing · unaware · uncultured · philistine
Free from moral wrong
- gullibleEasily deceived
- credulousProne to blind trust
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
- simpleFree of complexity
childlike · trusting · inexperienced · green · unworldly · unsuspecting · impressionable · guileless
instinctive
Arising without conscious thought
unaffected · unspoiled · untaught · spontaneous · intuitive · unschooled · native · organic · unlearned · raw
inexperienced
Lacking practical knowledge
- unskilledLacking acquired competence
- uneducatedLacking formal instruction
- unschooledLacking formal instruction
amateur · novice · beginner · unpracticed · unqualified · inexpert · uninitiated · rookie · untrained · lay
uneducated
Lacking formal instruction
- unlearnedLacking acquired knowledge
- unletteredUnable to read
- illiterateCannot read or write
unread · uninstructed · uninformed · benighted · unenlightened · unknowing · unaware · uncultured · philistine · lowbrow
innocent
Free from moral wrong
- gullibleEasily deceived
- credulousProne to blind trust
- unsophisticatedLacking refinement or complexity
simple · childlike · trusting · inexperienced · green · unworldly · unsuspecting · impressionable · guileless · artless
untutoredtutored
Gave private instruction
schooled · trained · educated · instructed · taught
untutoredlearned
Having much knowledge
knowledgeable · erudite · well-informed · scholarly · expert
untutoredcultivated
Improved through nurture
cultured · sophisticated · refined · polished · highbrow
tutor, tutoring, tutorial, tutors, tutored, tutelage, tutorship, tutorials, tutee