Untutored

Untutored in the works of Riccardo Zandonai (1883-1944), or "work", since his Francesca da Rimini is almost the only piece of his performed today, I checked the usual dictionary sources.

Francesca da Rimini, Fantastic Mr Fox; BBC Proms 24 & 25 2010

Untutored devotion to the concept of neutrality can lead to invocation or approval of results which partake not simply of that noninterference and noninvolvement with the religious which the Constitution commands, but of a brooding and pervasive devotion to the secular and a passive, or even active, hostility to the religious.

Putting aside the "brooding and pervasive devotion to the secular." Ann Althouse 2005

Untutored herdsman though he might be, when it came to unfettered sarcasm Ehomba was not above responding in kind.

Carnivores of Light and Darkness Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2000

Untutored as I was about their revolutionary struggle, I was conscious that they and their people were making world history, regardless of what we in the West thought about them.

Betty Bothroyd The Autobiography Bothroyd, Betty 1988

Untutored as the savage is, many a lesson may be gathered from his lips and his conduct.

The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria Edward Farr

Untutored as he is, he fails to understand occurrences which the average trained mind can easily explain.

The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir John M. Garvan

As a song writer, Hume is entitled to an honourable place among those authors whose writings have been technically called "the Untutored Muse of Scotland."

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Various

Untutored man does not understand the secondary, mechanical causes of natural events.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss 1840-1916 1913

Untutored as she was, Tess had read the message in the student's eyes.

Tess of the Storm Country Grace Miller White 1912

Untutored of life, the knowledge of its meaning had struck home of the suddenest.

Ridgway of Montana (Story of To-Day, in Which the Hero Is Also the Villain) William MacLeod Raine 1912