Someone who is untrained has not been taught the skills that they need for a particular job, activity, or situation.
It is a nonsense to say we have untrained staff dealing with emergencies.
Our Intelligence Service was untrained, cumbersome, and almost wholly ineffectual.
Synonyms: amateur, inexperienced, unskilled, green More Synonyms of untrained
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If you describe a voice or a mind, for example, as untrained, you mean that it has not been developed through formal education or training.
It was often said that he had the best untrained mind in politics.
untrained in British English
(ʌnˈtreɪnd)
adjective
not having been trained
untrained volunteers
Examples of 'untrained' in a sentence
untrained
There were also concerns raised about the use of restraints by untrained workers and claims staff spent a patient's cash.
The Sun (2016)
To the untrained eye they looked like pebbles.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
They left that to a social worker untrained in criminal investigations.
The Sun (2010)
This makes the ratio of untrained to trained staff very important.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
To the untrained eye he looks arrogant.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This has no discernible effect on taste and will go unnoticed to the untrained eye.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Most of the care was done by untrained staff.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It would certainly appear that way to the untrained eye.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Health inspectors found many kitchens were manned by untrained staff.
The Sun (2012)
She performed a biopsy on herself assisted by untrained staff who practised with needles on a raw chicken.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Our most important choir is made up of the men and women with untrained voices who sit in the pews.
Christianity Today (2000)
He was 27 and untrained for the job.
The Sun (2011)
They're also impossible for an untrained voice like mine.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
To the untrained eye, they are indistinguishable one from the other.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
To the untrained eye, there appears to be no change.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The three most common complaints were long queues in branches, unhelpful call centres and untrained staff.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The team are flippant about the potential for injuries, which look extremely painful to the untrained eye.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But to the untrained eye, his body seems as incredible as it was during his long career.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
To the untrained eye it looks like a series of energetic stick figures interspersed with curved lines, dots and crosses.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Not only are libraries closing but the service is being eroded, with librarians being replaced by untrained council staff or volunteers.
The Sun (2012)
If the cars looked the same to the untrained eye, then the old and the new will have little incommon.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
To the untrained eye, these looked like the sort of homemade movies people store on their mobile phones to bore their family and friends.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Tens of thousands of older people are condemned to care homes where they are not fed properly and neglected by untrained staff, a health watchdog has found.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It says the dual targets of cutting costs and increasing efficiency are incompatible, with large job cuts leaving the HMRC reliant on untrained staff.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
In other languages
untrained
British English: untrained ADJECTIVE
Someone who is untrained has not been taught the skills that they need for a particular job, activity, or situation.
It is a nonsense to say we have untrained staff dealing with emergencies.
American English: untrained
Brazilian Portuguese: destreinado
Chinese: 未经培训的
European Spanish: sin formación
French: sans formationN
German: ungeschult
Italian: non addestrato
Japanese: 訓練を受けていない
Korean: 훈련받지 않은
European Portuguese: destreinado
Latin American Spanish: sin formación
(adjective)
Definition
without formal or adequate training or education
It is nonsense to say we have untrained staff dealing with emergencies.
Synonyms
amateur
inexperienced
They are inexperienced when it comes to decorating.
unskilled
Most of those who left the province to work abroad were unskilled.
green
He was a young lad, very green and immature.
raw
He is still raw but his potential shows.
unqualified
uneducated
He may have been an uneducated man, but he was not stupid.
untutored
the sort of inept drivel that might be produced by an untutored 12-year-old
unschooled
unpractised
untaught
Opposites
trained
,
experienced
,
skilled
,
expert
,
schooled
,
taught
,
qualified
,
educated
Additional synonyms
in the sense of green
Definition
inexperienced or gullible
He was a young lad, very green and immature.
Synonyms
inexperienced,
new,
innocent,
raw,
naive,
ignorant,
immature,
gullible,
callow,
untrained,
unsophisticated,
credulous,
ingenuous,
unpolished,
wet behind the ears (informal),
inexpert,
unpractised,
unversed
in the sense of inexperienced
Definition
having no knowledge or experience of a particular situation, activity, etc.
They are inexperienced when it comes to decorating.
Synonyms
new,
unskilled,
untrained,
green,
fresh,
amateur,
raw,
unfamiliar,
unused,
callow,
immature,
unaccustomed,
untried,
unschooled,
wet behind the ears (informal),
unacquainted,
unseasoned,
unpractised,
unversed,
unfledged
in the sense of raw
Definition
untrained or inexperienced
He is still raw but his potential shows.
Synonyms
inexperienced,
new,
green,
ignorant,
immature,
unskilled,
callow,
untrained,
untried,
undisciplined,
unseasoned,
unpractised
Nearby words of
untrained
untold
untouched
untoward
untrained
untried
untroubled
untrue
Synonyms of 'untrained'
untrained
Explore 'untrained' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of uneducated
Definition
not educated well or at all
He may have been an uneducated man, but he was not stupid.
Synonyms
ignorant,
illiterate,
unread,
unschooled,
unlettered,
untaught
in the sense of unskilled
Definition
not having or requiring any special skill or training
Most of those who left the province to work abroad were unskilled.
Synonyms
unprofessional,
inexperienced,
unqualified,
untrained,
uneducated,
amateurish,
cowboy (informal),
untalented
in the sense of untutored
Definition
without formal education
the sort of inept drivel that might be produced by an untutored 12-year-old