unpracticed

[ uhn-prak-tist ]

adjective

1. not trained or skilled; inexpert:

   an unpracticed actor.

2. not practiced; practice; not usually or generally used or done; not put into effect.

Word History and Origins

Origin of unpracticed¹

First recorded in 1530–40; un- ¹ + practiced

Example Sentences

To this unpracticed eye, at least from the photos, the statues are at once sexually explicit and wretchedly unsexy.

From The Daily Beast

Even to the most unpracticed eye this model of a great work appeared to be of admirable skill.

From Project Gutenberg

Nor was it difficult, even to his unpracticed eye, to see that she had begun to wage a losing fight against the bank.

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To her unpracticed eye, the character of the country remained unchanged except for minor variations.

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This the lawyer proceeded to do and so cleverly that an unpracticed eye would not detect it.

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To Lilly's unpracticed eye the girls were as like as two sparrows—saucy, greedy, inconstant, and amorous.

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