uninitiated
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Seb Daly/Sportsfile: For the uninitiated, this is hurling - an Irish sport that is incredibly fast, very skilful and, as this image shows, highly physical.
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2025
It serves as a showcase for his substantial gifts as a songwriter, and efficiently brings the uninitiated up to speed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
The uninitiated, however, might find Maron somewhat less engaging.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025
Traders and brokerage firms have always used jargon and slang that sound like gibberish to the uninitiated.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 24, 2025
The names of the tunnels alone—the Variable-Density Tunnel, the Free-Flight Tunnel, the Two-Foot Smoke-Flow Tunnel, the Eleven- Inch High-Speed Tunnel—challenged the uninitiated to imagine the combination of pressure, velocity, and dimension that resided therein.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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