unversed

Example Sentences

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Unversed in Nahuatl or Zapotec, the order of the texts meant that I was locked out until more than halfway in.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2021

Unversed in the Dead’s massive repertoire only weeks earlier, Mr. Russo, a Brooklyn drummer, was relying heavily on a laptop for assistance in front of an audience for whom the material was uncut cultural DNA.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2018

Unversed in Tuscan spa etiquette, I followed their lead: when they helped themselves to hot lavender tea from the silver tray, I did, too.

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2010

Unversed in the ways of the world, Luis de Leon came of a legal stock, and was thoroughly at home in a law-court.

From Fray Luis de León A Biographical Fragment by Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James

Unversed in the trapper’s art, the Clotho courses her game and lives upon the vagrants who wander from one stone to another. 

From The Life of the Spider by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander