unpracticed

especially British, un·prac·tised

[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

A productive music scene, as Mr. Gould proposes, requires regular, low-stakes stages for unpracticed artists to discover themselves.

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“It doesn’t automatically handle unpracticed forms of generalization.”

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“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.

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Garcia tried not to say anything, contorting his face into an unpracticed grimace, while Davis kept swinging for his pride.

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“I knew people who refused to debate him,” Balling added, recalling the frustrations of some scientists, highly trained in their fields but unpracticed in the political arena, who were called upon to spar with him.

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