untrained

Example Sentences

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“Putting untrained personnel at security checkpoints does not fill a gap. It creates one,” Kelley said.

From Barron's • Mar. 22, 2026

These are untrained individuals when it comes to doing the current job that they have.”

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

The untrained observer might also wonder why private companies with shareholders wouldn’t try to maximize profits by charging as much as they could.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

Martin-Coppen added: "We are not talking small animals. We are talking pure muscle, pure power, untrained, cooped up in a small house."

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

To the untrained eye, the Wall Street people who rode from the Connecticut suburbs to Grand Central were an undifferentiated mass, but within that mass Danny noted many small and important distinctions.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis