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His savage, untutored mind suggested no better way than that of wreaking vengeance upon those who had wronged him.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
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To an untutored lurker, the whole thing seemed like … a frickin’ ballet, or some less dainty choreography, a headlong dance of astounding precision.—
Jody Rosen,
New York Times,
2 Dec. 2023
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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.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
6 Dec. 2024
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Until recent years, the story of how this period affected California’s Indigenous peoples had largely gone untaught or underrecognized.—
Anne Wallentine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
17 June 2024
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The script apparently also features period-accurate dialogue with translations and annotations for those uninitiated to Old English.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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Still, the project offered a unique opportunity to reunite iconic talent with the franchise (hi, Jennifer Tilly!) and let the screenwriter reimagine his legendary character for an uninitiated, more progressive audience.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
12 Dec. 2024
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The assumption that empathy is an unqualified good has led to a dangerous oversimplification of multifaceted sociopolitical issues.—
Kevin Waldman,
Twin Cities,
10 Apr. 2025
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Her young daughter is being raised by her late partner’s mother, who never lets Frankie visit after the state deemed her an unqualified parent due to her inability to complete daily tasks.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
4 Apr. 2025
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The fraught legal battle is also taking place amid a sudden round of visa revocations among international students at some of the country’s top universities, with college officials left unprepared and searching for answers from the government.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2025
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Employers are largely unprepared to attract and retain talent, especially younger and older talent, according to Dr. Vânia de la Fuente-Núñez.—
Sheila Callaham,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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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.—
Jennie Germann Molz,
Scientific American,
21 Oct. 2024
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Some research also suggests that children who are unschooled underperform on academic assessments, particularly regarding reading.—
Ej Dickson,
Rolling Stone,
24 June 2024
Adjective
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It was intended to be a mockery of the way White people danced, though plantation owners often interpreted slaves' movements as unskillful attempts to be like them.—
Scottie Andrew and Harmeet Kaur,
CNN,
6 July 2020
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As is often the case, Louie was unlucky — and also unskillful.—
Frank Stewart,
The Mercury News,
12 Mar. 2017
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Nearly three in four small and medium business owners either manage their own cybersecurity or rely on untrained family members or friends.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Each vineyard produces startlingly different wines detectable even by untrained palates.—
Benjy Egel,
Sacbee.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Curbstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curbstone. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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