curbstone

adjective

Definition of curbstonenext
as in untutored

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curbstone
  1. untutored
  2. untaught
  3. uninitiated
  4. unqualified
  5. unprepared
  6. unschooled
  7. unskillful
  8. untrained
Adjective
  • 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
  • Blessed with a harsh, untutored, yet inimitably soulful voice, MacGowan forged a blend of traditional Irish folk music and punk rock that was later mimicked outright by bands the Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly, and left a clear influence on acts such as Gogol Bordello and Mumford and Sons.
    Andrew Barker, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
Definition of untutored
Adjective
  • 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
  • With #100daysofpractice, the star violinist has drawn back the veil for professionals and amateurs alike on a private, untaught part of musical life.
    David Allen, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2023
Definition of untaught
Adjective
  • For those uninitiated into chronically online beauty culture, facial contrast is based on how much contrast there is between your hair color, skin tone, and the color of other facial features like your eyes and lips.
    Maria Santa Poggi, Allure, 4 Nov. 2024
  • For those uninitiated, this beauty of a dish is a thick T-bone cut from the Chianina cow, simply seasoned and grilled to perfection.
    Jenn Rice, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
Definition of uninitiated
Adjective
  • Anyone who wants to be president of the United States who uses that kind of violent rhetoric is clearly disqualified and unqualified to be president.
    Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Anyone who wants to be president of the United States, who uses that kind of rhetoric, is clearly disqualified and unqualified to be president.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of unqualified
Adjective
  • Most of them will be entirely unprepared. vulture games 5:00 a.m.
    Joe Reid, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Blood from the victim, asleep at the time and unprepared for the vicious assault, splashed onto the sleeves of the suspect’s lime green windbreaker, an FBI special agent claimed in an affidavit filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
    Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of unprepared
Adjective
  • 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
  • Some research also suggests that children who are unschooled underperform on academic assessments, particularly regarding reading.
    Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2024
Definition of unschooled
Adjective
  • 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
  • As is often the case, Louie was unlucky — and also unskillful.
    Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 12 Mar. 2017
Definition of unskillful
Adjective
  • Most wine lovers know that the word Sauvignon comes from the French word sauvage and the word blanc simply means white, but most people don’t know the reason is because when untrained vines of the variety have a distinctly unkempt appearance.
    Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Together, the films aimed to capture a modern child’s perspective, with untrained leads and fairy-tale logic, but ended up weighted down by liberal worldliness and anxieties: Wild Things ruminated on mental health, Beasts on climate change.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
Definition of untrained
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“Curbstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curbstone. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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