unschooled

Example Sentences

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Whatever his intention with this self-effacing and possibly insulting answer, Mr. Newsom seemed unschooled in the dialogue of politics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Mark Kobold is drawing what he describes as a magic bird that looks, to my unschooled eye, like a medieval crow well-suited for a “Game of Thrones” family crest.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2023

There is no guarantee they, or Web3, will live up to their promise, while the highly volatile nature of cryptocurrency and NFT markets suggest perils for the unschooled trader.

From Reuters • Oct. 4, 2022

The company’s owners, unschooled in the ways of Washington, had hired a private detective to find out why they weren’t winning defense contracts.

From Washington Post • May 31, 2022

To the unschooled eye, the scribbles would have been wholly mysterious and indecipherable: Yet I read it back to him without pause, and this time I was struck by the import of the words.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood