UNSCHOOLED Synonyms: 73 Similar and Opposite Words

unschooled

adjective

ˌən-ˈsküld

Definition of unschooled

as in ignorant

lacking in education or the knowledge gained from books an unschooled but nevertheless intelligent woman who desperately wanted to learn how to read

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Recent Examples of unschooled By comparison, Danceny is practically a boy, unschooled in the art of manipulation, and Reeves provides the character with the appropriate youthful naïveté. — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2025 Some research also suggests that children who are unschooled underperform on academic assessments, particularly regarding reading. — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2024 When Obama met Trump for a ritual pre-Inauguration visit to the Oval Office, he was struck by how unschooled and incurious the President-elect was. — Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 4 May 2026 Mata was also concerned about how the data failed to display how INA staff works with the lowest English proficiency students in the district — specifically those who are unschooled, and oftentimes refugees who have just entered the country. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unschooled

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ignorant

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Let’s hope that George Santayana’s warning to those ignorant of history about the past repeating itself makes an exception for our present Defense Department.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 28 June 2026
And then there are amateur collectors like me, who might not know ironstone from porcelain, but whose last day on earth could be spent touching old objects in ignorant bliss.

— Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 June 2026

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unscientific

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