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What word other than 'street-smart' means you lack in academies but you are still smart?

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Related to lack of academic studies self-taught conveys the idea:

  • taught by oneself without the aid of formal instruction: a self-taught typist.

or natural talent:

  • innate ability, aptitude, or faculty, esp when unspecified; above average ability: a talent for cooking; a child with talent.
  • Street smart does not specifically imply (lack of) academic studies, but it just refers to the ability to deal with a difficult and possibly dangerous urban contexts.
  • street smart - having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environmentstreet smart - having the shrewd resourcefulness needed to survive in an urban environment

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