untaught See {unteach} untaught adj : lacking in schooling; "untaught people whose verbal skills are grossly deficient"; "an untutored genius"; "uneducated children" [syn: {unschooled}, {untutored}] unteach v 1: cause to disbelieve; teach someone the contrary of what he or she had learned earlier 2: cause to unlearn; "teach somebody to unlearn old habits or methods" [also: {untaught}]