unlearnt
adjUK /ʌnˈlɜːnt/ · US /ʌnˈlɝnt/
Etymology From un- (“not”) + learnt.
1
Innate, inherent or inborn.
- Suckling is unlearnt behaviour in mammals.
2
Uneducated.
- The critic, Dennis, was not an unlearnt man, he felt the misery of public contempt and neglect in his latter days.1827, The Whitby Magazine, and Monthly Literary Journal, page 311:
- When Peter stood up on the day of Pentecost, especially being an unlearnt man, wasn't the lord ^([sic]) speaking through him?2005, Oneil McQuick, The Voice..., page 457:
- Synonyms
- inborn, innate, inherent, uneducated, untrained