uninstructedadj.
/ˌʌnɪnˈstrʌktᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənᵻnˈstrəktəd/ 1. Not instructed or informed; unenlightened, ignorant. Also const. in, or with clause.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adjective]
unlearedeOE
untowenc1000
unwittyc1000
skillessc1175
uncouthc1220
lewda1225
lorelessa1300
simplea1325
layc1330
uncunning1340
untaughtc1340
unknowingc1350
rudea1382
roida1400
unquainta1400
ignorant?c1400
unlearnedc1400
misknowing?a1425
simple-hearted?c1425
unknownc1475
unkenningc1480
unweeting1483
nescienta1500
craftlessc1530
misliterate1532
sillya1547
ingram1553
gross1561
inscient1578
borowe1579
plain-headeda1586
empirical1588
rudeful1589
lack-learning1590
learnless?1593
wotless?1594
ingrant1597
untutored1597
small-knowing1598
uninstructed1598
unlearnt1609
unread1609
unware?1611
nescious1623
inscious1633
inscientifical1660
uninformed1702
unaware1704
unable1721
unsuspecting1776
inerudite1801
ill-informed1824
incognoscent1827
unminded1831
unknowledgeable1837
knowledgelessc1843
parviscient1862
clueless1943
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Inerudito,..vntaught, vninstructed.
1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. ii. iii. Rule 10 §12 By uninstructed is only meant such who have not heard, or could not learn.
1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. iv. xx. sig. Ii2 These are utterly uninstructed in the Laws.
1690 J. Dryden Don Sebastian iii. i. 44 That Fool intrudes..uninstructed how to stem the tide.
1744 J. Harris Three Treat. i. 9 Not even what we do intentionally, if it proceed from mere Will and uninstructed Instinct.
1785 T. Reid Ess. Intellect. Powers ii. xx. 326 The most uninstructed peasant.
1804 ‘Ignotus’ Culina 222 Women uninstructed in cookery and the management of a family.
1875 E. White Life in Christ v. xxviii. 491 To build a credulous assent..on the authority of the uninstructed multitude.
2. Not furnished with instructions.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > information > action of informing > [adjective] > not furnished with instructions
uninstructed1892
1892 Spectator 21 May 699/1 Its delegates will enter the Convention ‘uninstructed’.
Derivatives
uninˈstructedness n.
ΘΚΠ
society > education > [noun] > condition of being educated > not
ineducation1803
uneducatedness1825
uninstructedness1833
untaughtness1840
1833 J. Montgomery Lect. Poetry 333 That perpetual thraldom of uninstructedness (if I may coin such a negative).
1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 170 These base fears and confidences originate in ignorance and uninstructedness.
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