Untrained
adjective
Not having been trained in a specific skill or type of behaviour.
She is an untrained driver and doesn't have the necessary skills to drive safely.
Often appears as...
- untrained driver
- untrained employee
adjective
Not having received the necessary education or training for a job or activity.
Untrained personnel might struggle to cope with the demands of the position.
Often appears as...
- untrained personnel
- untrained staff
adjective
Not having been trained in a specific skill or type of behaviour.
She is an untrained driver and doesn't have the necessary skills to drive safely.
Often appears as...
- untrained driver
- untrained employee
adjective
Not having received the necessary education or training for a job or activity.
Untrained personnel might struggle to cope with the demands of the position.
Often appears as...
- untrained personnel
- untrained staff
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Lack of Practice
Use 'untrained' when someone lacks practice in a particular activity or skill.
An untrained singer may have natural talent but needs practice to perform well.
Pro Tip 2/3Potential Risk
'Untrained' implies potential for mistakes or accidents in certain contexts.
Untrained lab technicians handling chemicals can be dangerous.
Pro Tip 3/3Learning Stage
Describes someone at the learning stage before becoming proficient.
She started her job as an untrained assistant, learning on the job.
Pro Tip 1/3Lack of Practice
Use 'untrained' when someone lacks practice in a particular activity or skill.
An untrained singer may have natural talent but needs practice to perform well.
Pro Tip 2/3Potential Risk
'Untrained' implies potential for mistakes or accidents in certain contexts.
Untrained lab technicians handling chemicals can be dangerous.
Pro Tip 3/3Learning Stage
Describes someone at the learning stage before becoming proficient.
She started her job as an untrained assistant, learning on the job.
Pro Tip 1/3Lack of Practice
Use 'untrained' when someone lacks practice in a particular activity or skill.
An untrained singer may have natural talent but needs practice to perform well.
Pro Tip 2/3Potential Risk
'Untrained' implies potential for mistakes or accidents in certain contexts.
Untrained lab technicians handling chemicals can be dangerous.
Pro Tip 3/3Learning Stage
Describes someone at the learning stage before becoming proficient.
She started her job as an untrained assistant, learning on the job.
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Viewing nightclubs as a...
an untrained ear can tell you if a song is in a major key because it will stay unhappy and minor keys generally sound a little bit more sad you've also got songs that range in temple from fast too slow that's the number of beats for a minute and so what I did was I took the
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Hidden Treasure PIPE...
uncover value in what might look like worthless trash to the untrained eye I'm going to use a spot of simple science to see if I can't impress some experienced collectors and maybe make a little cash on the side you've got some lovely pieces to show you no disrespect it's
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Robert Gupta: Between...
I witnessed how music was able to bring him back from his very darkest moments, from what seemed to me in my untrained eye to be the beginnings of a schizophrenic episode. Playing for Nathaniel, the music took on a deeper meaning, because now it was about communication,
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The beautiful,...
and an individual may then need an electronic hearing aid to supplant the damaged biological one. This active process also enhances our frequency selectivity. Even an untrained individual can distinguish two tones that differ by only two-tenths of a percent,
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Jeffrey Brown: How we...
even in the summertime, because of the violence. You would listen in the neighborhoods on any given night, and to the untrained ear, it sounded like fireworks, but it was gunfire. You'd hear it almost every night, when you were cooking dinner,
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The Secret Life of...
an untrained eye can also miss out on how ingenious some of that plant life is it's easy to picture plants stuck in one place never changing but narupa wanted to show how creative they can be she and siddharth name their project
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From enslavement to...
As news of the rebellion spread, its ranks swelled with escaped slaves, deserting soldiers, and hungry peasants. Many were untrained, but Spartacus’s clever tactics transformed them into an effective guerrilla force.
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Official Film Trailer:...
at the most I had no idea of the brutality the significance of the studies there were some who tried to discredit my observations because I was a young untrained girl I didn't care what anybody said
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First Look at Jane PIPE...
And whenever that happens, there is always a violent uproar. There were some who would try to discredit my observations because I was a young, untrained girl, who should therefore be disregarded.
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Strange Forensics PIPE...
To the untrained eye, this is just pure and total chaos. The search team must quickly sift through the rubble to mark any evidence that could help identify the animals
Video examples
Viewing nightclubs as a...
an untrained ear can tell you if a song is in a major key because it will stay unhappy and minor keys generally sound a little bit more sad you've also got songs that range in temple from fast too slow that's the number of beats for a minute and so what I did was I took the
Video examples
Hidden Treasure PIPE...
uncover value in what might look like worthless trash to the untrained eye I'm going to use a spot of simple science to see if I can't impress some experienced collectors and maybe make a little cash on the side you've got some lovely pieces to show you no disrespect it's
Video examples
Robert Gupta: Between...
I witnessed how music was able to bring him back from his very darkest moments, from what seemed to me in my untrained eye to be the beginnings of a schizophrenic episode. Playing for Nathaniel, the music took on a deeper meaning, because now it was about communication,
Video examples
The beautiful,...
and an individual may then need an electronic hearing aid to supplant the damaged biological one. This active process also enhances our frequency selectivity. Even an untrained individual can distinguish two tones that differ by only two-tenths of a percent,
Video examples
Jeffrey Brown: How we...
even in the summertime, because of the violence. You would listen in the neighborhoods on any given night, and to the untrained ear, it sounded like fireworks, but it was gunfire. You'd hear it almost every night, when you were cooking dinner,
Video examples
The Secret Life of...
an untrained eye can also miss out on how ingenious some of that plant life is it's easy to picture plants stuck in one place never changing but narupa wanted to show how creative they can be she and siddharth name their project
Video examples
From enslavement to...
As news of the rebellion spread, its ranks swelled with escaped slaves, deserting soldiers, and hungry peasants. Many were untrained, but Spartacus’s clever tactics transformed them into an effective guerrilla force.
Video examples
Official Film Trailer:...
at the most I had no idea of the brutality the significance of the studies there were some who tried to discredit my observations because I was a young untrained girl I didn't care what anybody said
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First Look at Jane PIPE...
And whenever that happens, there is always a violent uproar. There were some who would try to discredit my observations because I was a young, untrained girl, who should therefore be disregarded.
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Strange Forensics PIPE...
To the untrained eye, this is just pure and total chaos. The search team must quickly sift through the rubble to mark any evidence that could help identify the animals
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Frank Black
American Musician
I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style.
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Hilary Mantel
English Writer
Writers do not want to think they are less rational than other people, and at the mercy of compulsions, but in their hearts they know they are like those people who are taken for walks by their dogs, towed through hedges and ditches by an untrained sub-human energy.
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Yoko Ono
American Artist
Some people think that movements, such as the movements in ballet, are a higher cultural expression, whereas some are just dirt. I think it is elitist to think that a trained movement is more acceptable than untrained and possibly unrehearsed movements.
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Erika Slezak
American Actress
There are lots of people in the world who do have the advantage of going to a good drama school and just decide that they want to be actors. There's nothing wrong with an untrained actor; they have to get their training somehow, they have to learn.
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William James
American Philosopher
Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.
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Christian Bale
Welsh Actor
Essentially, I'm untrained, so I just go with my imagination and try to put myself as solidly as I can into the shoes of whatever person I'm going to be playing.
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W. E. B. Du Bois
American Writer
To stimulate wildly weak and untrained minds is to play with mighty fires.
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John Kricfalusi
Canadian Artist
Cartoonists are untrained artists, while illustrators are more trained.
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Kailash Kher
Indian Musician
I am an untrained musician and a common man's singer.
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Maria Konnikova
American Writer
To the untrained eye, poker seems deceptively easy.
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Frank Black
American Musician
I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style.
Quote examples
Hilary Mantel
English Writer
Writers do not want to think they are less rational than other people, and at the mercy of compulsions, but in their hearts they know they are like those people who are taken for walks by their dogs, towed through hedges and ditches by an untrained sub-human energy.
Quote examples
Yoko Ono
American Artist
Some people think that movements, such as the movements in ballet, are a higher cultural expression, whereas some are just dirt. I think it is elitist to think that a trained movement is more acceptable than untrained and possibly unrehearsed movements.
Quote examples
Erika Slezak
American Actress
There are lots of people in the world who do have the advantage of going to a good drama school and just decide that they want to be actors. There's nothing wrong with an untrained actor; they have to get their training somehow, they have to learn.
Quote examples
William James
American Philosopher
Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.
Quote examples
Christian Bale
Welsh Actor
Essentially, I'm untrained, so I just go with my imagination and try to put myself as solidly as I can into the shoes of whatever person I'm going to be playing.
Quote examples
W. E. B. Du Bois
American Writer
To stimulate wildly weak and untrained minds is to play with mighty fires.
Quote examples
John Kricfalusi
Canadian Artist
Cartoonists are untrained artists, while illustrators are more trained.
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Kailash Kher
Indian Musician
I am an untrained musician and a common man's singer.
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Maria Konnikova
American Writer
To the untrained eye, poker seems deceptively easy.
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