Careful Words

unlearned (adj.)

Such labour'd nothings, in so strange a style,

Amaze th' unlearn'd and make the learned smile.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): Essay on Criticism. Part ii. Line 126.

Unlearned men of books assume the care,

As eunuchs are the guardians of the fair.

Edward Young (1684-1765): Love of Fame. Satire ii. Line 83.

Content if hence th' unlearn'd their wants may view,

The learn'd reflect on what before they knew.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): Essay on Criticism. Part iii. Line 180.