curbstone

adjective

Definition of curbstonenext
as in untutored

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  1. untutored
  2. untaught
  3. uninitiated
  4. unqualified
  5. unprepared
  6. unschooled
  7. amateurish
  8. unskillful
Adjective
  • No untutored voice, nor even sound of rushing car disturbed the seemingly sacred stillness of the hour.
    — Erin Alberty, Axios, 14 Apr. 2025
  • His savage, untutored mind suggested no better way than that of wreaking vengeance upon those who had wronged him.
    — Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025
Definition of untutored
Adjective
  • In the year 2024/25, nearly 10% of teaching hours in public secondary education went untaught, according to data from the education ministry.
    — Will Barker, TheWeek, 5 Oct. 2026
  • By the early sixties, the romance of the untaught or naïve artist was really catching.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of untaught
Adjective
  • Even though Atlantans may be uninitiated to the rules of eating a New York bagel, many welcome the sudden addition of the northern cuisine.
    — Sheeka Sanahori, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Even healthy parasocial dynamics can seem unusual to those uninitiated in internet culture.
    — Kaitlyn Huamani, Fortune, 13 July 2026
Definition of uninitiated
Adjective
  • Advertisement Artificial is a story of unchained ambitions and betrayals, with its Altman an unqualified villain.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
  • His flight on Artemis II was an unqualified success, raising the prestige of Canada’s space agency.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of unqualified
Adjective
  • But it is based partly on outdated spending and revenue trends, leaving it unprepared to maintain hundreds of millions of dollars in new investments in municipal aid, affordable childcare and social services.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The oceans are warming at an alarming pace, bringing far-reaching consequences for which the world is unprepared, according to a report by more than 100 international scientists.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of unprepared
Adjective
  • Scholars hazarded theories as to how an unschooled middle-aged Black woman from the South could brush with genius.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Mata was also concerned about how the data failed to display how INA staff works with the lowest English proficiency students in the district — specifically those who are unschooled, and oftentimes refugees who have just entered the country.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
Definition of unschooled
Adjective
  • The whole was topped not by a cupola or a cross but a small pennant, on which the Festival emblem had been drawn in crayons in a rather amateurish hand.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The show focuses on the fictional Toledo Truth Teller, an understaffed, more-than-slightly amateurish, failing publication that shares its office space with the Softees toilet paper company owned by its parent corporation.
    — Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of amateurish
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
  • One of the most fraught issues around suicide clusters is unskillful media coverage, which studies suggest can spur copycats.
    — Kate Siber, Outside Online, 4 Sep. 2018
Definition of unskillful
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“Curbstone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curbstone. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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