To the untutored ear, this music sounds as if it might have been written by Beethoven.untutoredun‧tu‧tored /ʌnˈtjuːtəd $ -ˈtuːtərd/ adjective formal 
To the untutored ear, this music sounds as if it might have been written by Beethoven.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- And I must admit that Mary Shelley began the rumour; but she had to make her impression on an untutored audience.
- Andrew was not going to accept rebuke or defeat from this untutored beauty.
- Modern art is directed at a public largely untutored in the fine arts amidst a rapid expansion of the means of communication.
- The notion of transparent reporting which can be understood by the untutored layman is a chimera.
- Yes, I know a large chunk of the child population today is virtually feral, untended and untutored by responsible parents.
- Yvonne's wearing a little black number that to my untutored eye looks like it could have cost ten quid or a thousand.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY To the untutored ear, this music sounds as if it might have been written by Beethoven.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
not having been taught to do something SYN untrainedto the untutored eye/ear/mind To the untutored ear, this music sounds as if it might have been written by Beethoven.· Yvonne's wearing a little black number that to my untutored eye looks like it could have cost ten quid or a thousand.
To the untutored ear, this music sounds as if it might have been written by Beethoven.