untrained
adjective
un·trained
ˌən-ˈtrānd 
1
: not trained: such as
a
: not made adept or expert by instruction or experience
an untrained journalist
untrained in the use of firearms
b
: not taught by discipline to conform to certain behaviors
an untrained dog
2
: not based on training or knowledge : inexpert
an untrained diagnosis
To the untrained eye, many wetlands can be deceiving, particularly during drier times of year.—
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To the untrained eye, a player as accomplished as Emma Penczek has nothing left to prove.
—Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2024
Apodaca, a biologist with a salt-and-pepper faux-hawk, was looking for a creature that, to an untrained eye, might be impossible to find: a rare salamander that lives hidden in narrow crevices no larger than an inch wide.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 18 June 2024
The goal of this study was to uncover how well an untrained space traveler might weather a lengthy trip off-world to, say, Mars.
—Bradley Brownell / Jalopnik, Quartz, 17 June 2024
To the untrained eye, a heap of crushed shells and some purple pottery fragments might not look like much.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 13 June 2024
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Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 23 June 2024
Apodaca, a biologist with a salt-and-pepper faux-hawk, was looking for a creature that, to an untrained eye, might be impossible to find: a rare salamander that lives hidden in narrow crevices no larger than an inch wide.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 18 June 2024
The goal of this study was to uncover how well an untrained space traveler might weather a lengthy trip off-world to, say, Mars.
—Bradley Brownell / Jalopnik, Quartz, 17 June 2024
To the untrained eye, a heap of crushed shells and some purple pottery fragments might not look like much.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 13 June 2024
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“Untrained.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/untrained. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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