unlearned

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Unlearned was she as one of the shy birds of the forest, but then she was eminently teachable.

From An Algonquin Maiden A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada by Wetherald, A. Ethelwyn

Hence Luther, in the edition of 1531, replaced it with a catechetico-liturgical form entitled, "How the Unlearned Should be Taught to Confess."

From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Bente, F. (Friedrich)

Unlearned Æneas fell aquake at such a wondrous thing,710 And asketh what it all may mean, what rivers these may be, And who the men that fill the banks with such a company.

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William

—O heart of man, unlearned in Fate and what the days may hide, Unlearned to be of measure still when swelled with happy tide!

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William

Ornithology Unlearned I in ornithology—   All I know about the birds Is a bunch of etymology,   Just a lot of high—flown words.

From Tobogganing on Parnassus by Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce)