Inexpert
[ɪn'ekspɜːt] or [ɪn'ɛkspɝt]
Definition
(a.) Destitute of experience or of much experience.
(a.) Not expert; not skilled; destitute of knowledge or dexterity derived from practice.
Editor: Lucia
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Unskilful, unskilled, awkward, clumsy, unhandy, inapt, bungling, maladroit, without dexterity.
Editor: Pratt
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See EXPERT]
Edited by Erna
Definition
adj. unskilled.—n. Inexpert′ness.
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Examples
- He commanded an admirable army, against which the comparatively inexpert Roman levies could at first do little. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The flexibility and transferability of money was becoming a power and, like all powers in inexpert hands, a danger in human affairs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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