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  • adjective Not having been coached (trained or instructed).

Etymologies

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un- +‎ coached

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Examples

  • The 50-year-old film all but crackles with age as the president makes his earnest, uncoached speech.

    50 years later, we're still ignoring Ike's warning Susan Eisenhower 2011

  • “A randomized trial of the effects of coached vs. uncoached maternal pushing during the second stage of labor on postpartum pelvic floor structure and function.”

    The Official Lamaze® Guide Judith Lothian RN 2010

  • Schaffer et al., “A randomized trial of the effects of coached vs. uncoached maternal pushing during the second stage of labor on postpartum pelvic floor structure and function,” American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 192 2005: 1692-96.

    Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010

  • Apparently, there is no good academic research on coached vs. uncoached runners, but experts everywhere say coaching works.

    A Dreamer's Run: Can professional training improve a middle-age runner's marathon time? 2010

  • Schaffer et al., “A randomized trial of the effects of coached vs. uncoached maternal pushing during the second stage of labor on postpartum pelvic floor structure and function,” American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 192 2005: 1692-96.

    Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010

  • A randomized trial of the effects of coached vs. uncoached maternal pushing during the second stage of labor on postpartum pelvic floor structure and function.

    The Official Lamaze® Guide Judith Lothian RN 2010

  • When we feel compelled to act on our uncoached fellow-feeling, next years Christmas is likely to turn a bit worse for everybody.

    Liberty and Tyranny Mark R. Levin 2009

  • When we feel compelled to act on our uncoached fellow-feeling, next years Christmas is likely to turn a bit worse for everybody.

    Liberty and Tyranny Mark R. Levin 2009

  • Had you been blindfolded and dropped into this touchingly simple outdoor service, uncoached and uninformed, you would not have been able to distinguish this wedding from the thousands being conducted in the rest of the country on any Saturday afternoon.

    So, Just What is the True Definition of Marriage 2009

  • It's obvious to me, how hard they're working at trying to look uncoached.

    The Voice Of Ventura 2008

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