uninitiated
/ (ˌʌnɪˈnɪʃɪeɪtɪd) /
not having gained knowledge or experience of a particular subject or activity
(as collective noun; preceded by the): the uninitiated
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How to use uninitiated in a sentence
To the uninitiated, this might smack of poor taste and inappropriate timing.
In One Corner of Syria, Christmas Spirit Somehow Manages to Survive | Peter Schwartzstein | December 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNow, with the publication of ‘Loitering,’ the uninitiated can discover what all the fuss is about.
Charles D’Ambrosio’s X-Ray Vision Is On Full Display In His New Essay Collection. | Steve Almond | November 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor the uninitiated, the film is set on a future Earth whose crops (save corn) have been wiped out by a mysterious blight.
Neil deGrasse Tyson Breaks Down ‘Interstellar’: Black Holes, Time Dilations, and Massive Waves | Marlow Stern | November 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe science behind a hologram is mind-bending for the uninitiated.
New York’s Hologram King Is Also the City’s Last Pro Holographer | Nina Strochlic | May 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the video may also be an unfair introduction for the uninitiated to Solange.
10 Things You Didn't Know About Solange, the Woman at the Center of the Jay Z Slapfest | Kevin Fallon | May 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
To the uninitiated it would be surprising to see with what noiseless secrecy these manoeuvers could be accomplished.
This "house that Jack built" distribution of labor is rather puzzling to the uninitiated.
Italian Days and Ways | Anne Hollingsworth WhartonIts aim and principal operations may be ever so well known, still the most important of these remain concealed to the uninitiated.
Solomon Maimon: An Autobiography. | Solomon MaimonThis is the case in Australia, and in Central Africa, where to be "uninitiated" is equivalent to being selfish.
Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 | Andrew LangStrindberg's great trilogy The Road to Damascus presents many mysteries to the uninitiated.
The Road to Damascus | August Strindberg
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