unpractised
Britishadjective
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without skill, training, or experience
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not used or done often or repeatedly
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not yet tested
Example Sentences
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He ordered several works on the subject from England, and began to think that this unpractised industry might be started with advantage in Sarrio.
From The Fourth Estate, vol.1 by Palacio Vald?s, Armando
Mr. Wogan was not unpractised in the art of consoling Mrs. Barnes.
From Parson Kelly by Lang, Andrew
The stage, here an emblem of the ideal life as it gleams before unpractised eyes, offers, he fancies, opportunity for a life of thought as distinguished from one of routine.
From Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. by Fuller, Margaret
Now, in the United States, a system prevails unknown to, or unpractised by, any other nation.
From Egerton Ryerson and Education in Upper Canada by Putnam, J. Harold
There is no impasto work here as in the Crewe copy, but the colour is put on with no uncertain or unpractised hand, though in a manner unlike Blake.
From William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work by Langridge, Irene
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