untrained person
collocation in Englishmeaningsofuntrainedandperson
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untrained
adjective
uk/ʌnˈtreɪnd/us/ʌnˈtreɪnd/
never having been taught the skills for a ...
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person
noun[C]
uk/ˈpɜː.sən/us/ˈpɝː.sən/
a man, woman, ...
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(Definition ofuntrainedandpersonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There is not one among us who would entrust the servicing of a motor car or motor-cycle to anuntrainedperson.
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The more trivial the injury the more optimistic is the worker and anuntrainedpersondealing with him might say.
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Could anuntrainedpersonmake sure that such a prescription is properly made up and fitted?
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Some overseas-trained teachers may require very little additional training, whereas anuntrainedperson with no previous teaching experience would clearly need more extensive training.
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Let us suppose that anuntrainedpersonis working as a kitchen assistant earning £3 an hour, which perhaps goes up to £4 an hour.
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The manipulation of necks, backs or even limbs by the hands of anuntrainedpersoncould have very serious consequences.
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Most of us are aware of cases where the hopelessness of theuntrainedpersonis transformed by the training when it is actually brought about.
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Unfortunately, it is not always appreciated by theuntrainedperson, and perhaps it was a little unfortunate that that was the situation in this particular case.
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If someone has not been trained in the cleaning of machinery and a person supervising has turned away for just a second, theuntrainedpersoncould do something dangerous.
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If trained reporters can produce different emphases, how much more is theuntrainedpersontrying to take notes likely to fail to reproduce accurately what is said?
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Additionally, extensive training is given in armies to make soldiers capable of obeying orders in situations where anuntrainedpersonwould not be willing to follow orders.
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That examination covers a much smaller field than the wider examination of untrained persons.
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They do normally take place in respect of untrained persons, "young persons" who are subject to a general test.
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There are products which are used in commercial undertakings with great precautions but are used by untrained persons elsewhere at the risk of a serious accident.
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The experience of friendly society work and of benefit society work is that untrained persons cannot understand the necessity for accumulating sufficient and adequate funds for future responsibilities.
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Telepathic ability is innate and inheritable but can remain latent and undetected in untrained persons.
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In other words, because untrained persons automatically apply the object-identification habit to viewing artworks, top-down control to reduce this habit may be necessary to engage aesthetic perception.
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