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What is another word for untrained?

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Not having been trained in a particular skill

Not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully

Of a person, ignorant, uneducated, untaught, untrained

Having not been trained or domesticated

Of or denoting a simple, naive style or manner

Behaving badly, with a lack of self-control

Lacking preparation or insufficiently prepared

Not done or acting according to a fixed plan or system

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Not having been trained in a particular skill

generalized^US

generalised^UK

like a babe in the woods

in the springtime of life

readily swallowing whole

falling hook line and sinker

unable to read and write

conjectural

unessayed

prototype

in the experimental stage

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“We would have an army of untrained teenagers with not much in the way of skills.”

Adjective

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Not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully

leaving much to be desired

unable to do something for toffee

flakey^US

flaky^UK

all fingers and thumbs

couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery

labouring^UK

laboring^US

unable to do something

having two left hands

not know one's arse from one's elbow

labored^US

laboured^UK

ill-judged

paralyzed^US

paralysed^UK

like a bull in a china shop

up creek without paddle

neutralized^US

neutralised^UK

to no avail

no-go

not effective

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Of a person, ignorant, uneducated, untaught, untrained

uncivilised^UK

uncivilized^US

thick as two short planks

pig-ignorant

slow on the uptake

as thick as two short planks

not the full shilling

wet behind the ears

as green as grass

dead from the neck up

a brick short of a load

two sandwiches short of a picnic

functionally illiterate

unable to read or write

not the sharpest tool in the box

not the sharpest tool in the shed

not the sharpest knife in the drawer

dumb as a box of rocks

dumb as a bag of hammers

medieval^US

mediaeval^UK

unable to read and write

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Having not been trained or domesticated

Adjective

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Of or denoting a simple, naive style or manner

like a babe in the woods

defenceless^UK

defenseless^US

a brick short of a load

a stranger to

unenlightened about

dead from the neck up

unconversant with

as thick as two short planks

thick as two short planks

fresh-faced

uninformed about

inexperienced in

not the full shilling

easily taken advantage of

two sandwiches short of a picnic

readily taken advantage of

readily swallowing whole

unable to read and write

falling hook line and sinker

able to be influenced

not knowing the first thing about

not having the faintest about

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Behaving badly, with a lack of self-control

obstinately disobedient

untrammeled^US

without law and order

uncivilized^US

uncivilised^UK

cavilling^UK

off straight and narrow

have chip on shoulder

caviling^US

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Lacking preparation or insufficiently prepared

insufficiently equipped

not ready

poorly equipped

badly prepared

inadequately prepared

poorly prepared

ill-equipped

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Not done or acting according to a fixed plan or system

unorganised^UK

unorganized^US

disheveled^US

dishevelled^UK

like a dog's breakfast

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