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as in uncontrolled
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as in untutored
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Recent Examples of untrained
Auriemma, with 12 national championships and 1,200-plus wins, is hardly an untrained set of eyes.
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Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2026
Swiftly remove your clothes so that you can be sketched in pencil by the untrained artist sitting beside you.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Panahi, while a guest on this week’s episode of the Toolkit podcast, discussed his run-and-gun shooting process and his comfort level working with untrained actors under these conditions.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2025
In the December 11 trailer, everyone who saw the previous film learns exactly how Krypto the Superdog ended up so … untrained.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2025
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That winter, the concrete spillway collapsed in one section during massive storms, prompting the evacuation of 188,000 people as water raged uncontrolled into the river below, and concerns grew that part of the dam might fail.—
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This produces a firm, inorganic-rich SEI that curbs excessive electrolyte loss and uncontrolled SEI thickening.—
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No untutored voice, nor even sound of rushing car disturbed the seemingly sacred stillness of the hour.—
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His savage, untutored mind suggested no better way than that of wreaking vengeance upon those who had wronged him.—
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In Lynne Ramsey's psychological thriller, Jennifer Lawrence is fantastic and feral as a young woman who moves into a country house with her partner (Robert Pattinson).—
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They are pinched into a bright, almost surgical nasality or burst loose into grand, sideways arcs, flaring out in a feral yelp.—
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By comparison, Danceny is practically a boy, unschooled in the art of manipulation, and Reeves provides the character with the appropriate youthful naïveté.—
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Whether these findings map onto kids who are unschooled in the context of worldschooling remains to be seen without systematic longitudinal studies; anecdotal evidence from the parents in my research suggests mixed results.—
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Bold colors, mixed patterns, and playful textures give this manicure an intentionally untamed feel.—
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Though the wild, untamed north and forested center of Grenada are well worth a visit, most travelers stick almost exclusively to the sandy southwest coast.—
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But retail industry and health policy experts said state SNAP programs, already under pressure from steep budget cuts, are unprepared for the complex changes, with no complete lists of the foods affected and technical point-of-sale challenges that vary by state and store.—
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But retail industry and health policy experts said state SNAP programs, already under pressure from steep budget cuts, are unprepared for the complex changes, with no complete lists of the foods affected and technical point-of-sale challenges that vary by state and store.—
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Crawford pushes back against stereotypes that frame blue-collar labor as unskilled, pointing to the intelligence required to understand the technical aspects of complex systems while translating that knowledge to customers.—
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Complex negotiations in large organizations often fail—not because the negotiators are inexperienced or unskilled but because they’re constrained by two structural challenges, agency and alignment, and by the ways organizations manage those challenges.—
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Still, with this inspirational true story, the streamer stands to reach a much wider public than Perry’s typical audience, reminding how much of American history remains untaught and largely untold.—
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Until recent years, the story of how this period affected California’s Indigenous peoples had largely gone untaught or underrecognized.—
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“Untrained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untrained. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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