unpracticed

[uhn-prak-tist]

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adjective

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

First recorded in 1530–40; un-¹ + practiced

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Related Words

amateur callow fresh green ignorant immature inept inexpert innocent kid naive new raw rookie rude sophomoric tenderfoot unaccustomed unacquainted undisciplined

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.
The Prince and the Porn
Lloyd Grove
November 3, 2010

Historical Examples

But Tog was yet a puppy, unpracticed in fight; he had missed the grip.
Billy Topsail & Company
Norman Duncan
But what unpracticed hand could trace such a splendid countenance?
The Rich Little Poor Boy
Eleanor Gates
To an unpracticed eye, the beauties and wonders of creation are all lost.
Popular Education
Ira Mayhew
When the unpracticed Reddi got into a palanquin, it swung from side to side.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India
Edgar Thurston
The latter seems to us, who are unpracticed in it, three times as difficult.
The Invention of Lithography
Alois Senefelder

Word Origin and History for unpracticed

adj.

1550s, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of practice (v.).

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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper