Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

untaught

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.32 in modern English

Syllables: un-taught
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not taught; uneducated.

adj

Not taught; not conveyed by means of instruction.

Example Sentences

"My ſcoles are not for unthriftes untaught, For frantick faitours half mad and half ſtraught; But my learning is of another degree"
"The gazing, the spying, and the ability to divine the eternal in the vivid manifestations of nature, here attributed to the young child, seem to be realised in this relatively untaught child of the woods of Oregon."
"What they used to teach here Now goes untaught."

Etymology

From Middle English untauȝt; equivalent to un- + taught.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un
Root: untauȝt

Inflected Forms

more untaught (comparative) most untaught (superlative)

Derived Forms

untaughtness

Synonyms

unschooled untutored

Questions

What does untaught mean?: Not taught; uneducated.
Where does untaught come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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