unpracticed
Americanadjective
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not trained or skilled; inexpert.
an unpracticed actor.
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not practiced; not usually or generally used or done; not put into effect.
Etymology
Origin of unpracticed
Example Sentences
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A productive music scene, as Mr. Gould proposes, requires regular, low-stakes stages for unpracticed artists to discover themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025
“The irony is obvious,” says Greenamyre, a shy man with a dry sense of humor and a penchant for practical jokes who, to the unpracticed eye, shows few if any signs of the disease.
From Science Magazine ● May 4, 2023
Manufacturers aside, balls that might appear identical to the unpracticed eye can have significant differences from a player’s perspective.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2022
A prime example is a momentary facial expression that lasts no longer than a quarter to a half a second and is virtually invisible to an unpracticed observer.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 9, 2021
That is why the unpracticed writer of high imaginative powers so often writes with a strict if unconscious regard for the laws of technique.
From The Technique of Fiction Writing by Robert Saunders Dowst
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