unpracticed
[uhn-prak-tist]
- not trained or skilled; inexpert: an unpracticed actor.
- not practiced; not usually or generally used or done; not put into effect.
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Also especially British, un·prac·tised.
Origin of unpracticed
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Examples from the Web for unpracticed
Contemporary Examples
To this unpracticed eye, at least from the photos, the statues are at once sexually explicit and wretchedly unsexy.
Historical Examples
But Tog was yet a puppy, unpracticed in fight; he had missed the grip.
Billy Topsail & CompanyNorman Duncan
But what unpracticed hand could trace such a splendid countenance?
The Rich Little Poor BoyEleanor Gates
To an unpracticed eye, the beauties and wonders of creation are all lost.
Popular EducationIra Mayhew
When the unpracticed Reddi got into a palanquin, it swung from side to side.
Castes and Tribes of Southern IndiaEdgar Thurston
The latter seems to us, who are unpracticed in it, three times as difficult.
The Invention of LithographyAlois Senefelder
Word Origin and History for unpracticed
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper