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nonspecialist

British  
/ nɒnˈspɛʃəlɪst /

noun

  1. someone who does not specialize in a particular area, activity, field of research, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. not specializing in a particular area, activity, field of research, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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It can be hard for nonspecialist investors to distinguish the gems from the duds, or predict which companies are in line for government support.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025

There is not much new here, even for the nonspecialist.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2018

Her descriptions, though simple enough for a nonspecialist to understand, were remarkably prescient.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 10, 2018

Artenol’s mission, in part, is to talk about the arts in language intelligible to an educated, nonspecialist reader.

From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2015

By forgoing the vernacular in informal speech, she might come across as elitist, in the same way it might seem pretentious to purposefully use professional jargon when talking with a nonspecialist.

From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2014

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