unteachableadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈtiːtʃəbl/, U.S.

/ˌənˈtitʃəb(ə)l/

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1b.

1. Incapable of being instructed.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > qualities of learners > [adjective] > unteachable

unteachablec1475

indocible1555

ineducable1884

uneducable1884

c1475 Cath. Angl. 378/2 (A.) Vn Techeabylle, indocibilis.

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Indocile, vntractable, vnteachable.

1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 188 The ignorant person that knoweth not himselfe..is as vnteachable a beast as can be.

1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 42 Our Saviour at no time exprest any great desire to teach the obstinate and unteachable Pharises.

1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 395 They are more unteachable, more heady, more interested.

1797 S. T. Coleridge Osorio iv. iv. 182 And so the babe grew up..A pretty boy, but most unteachable.

1871 G. Meredith Harry Richmond III. vi. 79 I chafed at his unteachable spirit.

absolute and as noun.a1822 P. B. Shelley Cyclops in Posthumous Poems (1824) 350 Let us with some comic spell Teach the yet unteachable.1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets ii. 14 If I had schoolmasters,..do you imagine I would set them on teaching a set of unteachables..?

2. Incapable of being imparted by teaching.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > teaching > [adjective] > teachable (of things) > unteachable

unteachable1667

society > education > learning > study > subject or object of study > [adjective] > able or fit to be learned or mastered > not able to be imparted

unteachable1667

1667 W. Petty in T. Sprat Hist. Royal-Soc. 306 This being infinite and almost unteachable by words.

1813 W. Scott Rokeby i. 38 His was minstrel's skill, he caught The art unteachable, untaught.

1860 R. W. Emerson Behaviour in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 173 We are continually surprised with graces..not only unteachable, but undescribable.

1867 G. H. Lewes Hist. Philos. (ed. 3) I. 215 Opinions..which in other dialogues Socrates is made to exhibit as untaught, perhaps unteachable.

Derivatives

unˈteachableness n.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > qualities of learners > [noun] > incapability of being taught

indocibility1607

unteachableness1607

indocibleness1647

unimprovableness1654

ineducability1918

1607 S. Hieron Wise Mans Verdict in Wks. (1620) I. 462 Doe not ignorant persons continue in blindnes and vnteachablenes?

1702 W. Penn More Fruits of Solitude §243. 87 The worst part of this Vanity is its Unteachableness.

1850 L. Hunt Autobiogr. II. 79 When kings themselves tried hard to make honest men republicans by their apparent unteachableness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	unteachable
释义	unteachableadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈtiːtʃəbl/, U.S. /ˌənˈtitʃəb(ə)l/ Etymology: un- prefix¹ 1b. 1. Incapable of being instructed. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > qualities of learners > [adjective] > unteachable unteachablec1475 indocible1555 ineducable1884 uneducable1884 c1475 Cath. Angl. 378/2 (A.) Vn Techeabylle, indocibilis. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Indocile, vntractable, vnteachable. 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 188 The ignorant person that knoweth not himselfe..is as vnteachable a beast as can be. 1645 J. Milton Tetrachordon 42 Our Saviour at no time exprest any great desire to teach the obstinate and unteachable Pharises. 1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 395 They are more unteachable, more heady, more interested. 1797 S. T. Coleridge Osorio iv. iv. 182 And so the babe grew up..A pretty boy, but most unteachable. 1871 G. Meredith Harry Richmond III. vi. 79 I chafed at his unteachable spirit. absolute and as noun.a1822 P. B. Shelley Cyclops in Posthumous Poems (1824) 350 Let us with some comic spell Teach the yet unteachable.1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets ii. 14 If I had schoolmasters,..do you imagine I would set them on teaching a set of unteachables..? 2. Incapable of being imparted by teaching. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > [adjective] > teachable (of things) > unteachable unteachable1667 society > education > learning > study > subject or object of study > [adjective] > able or fit to be learned or mastered > not able to be imparted unteachable1667 1667 W. Petty in T. Sprat Hist. Royal-Soc. 306 This being infinite and almost unteachable by words. 1813 W. Scott Rokeby i. 38 His was minstrel's skill, he caught The art unteachable, untaught. 1860 R. W. Emerson Behaviour in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 173 We are continually surprised with graces..not only unteachable, but undescribable. 1867 G. H. Lewes Hist. Philos. (ed. 3) I. 215 Opinions..which in other dialogues Socrates is made to exhibit as untaught, perhaps unteachable. Derivatives unˈteachableness n. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > qualities of learners > [noun] > incapability of being taught indocibility1607 unteachableness1607 indocibleness1647 unimprovableness1654 ineducability1918 1607 S. Hieron Wise Mans Verdict in Wks. (1620) I. 462 Doe not ignorant persons continue in blindnes and vnteachablenes? 1702 W. Penn More Fruits of Solitude §243. 87 The worst part of this Vanity is its Unteachableness. 1850 L. Hunt Autobiogr. II. 79 When kings themselves tried hard to make honest men republicans by their apparent unteachableness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1475
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