unpracticed

[ uhn-prak-tist ]

/ ʌnˈpræk tɪst /

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.

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

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|DAILY BEAST
All subjects had gained power in the unpracticed left arm, three of them largely and three slightly.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, Vol. 56, March 1900|Various
He had no doubt but that, in an hour at the utmost, he could make the unpracticed Carolinians glad to sue for peace on any terms.
Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXII No. 4, April 1848|Various
To an unpracticed eye, the beauties and wonders of creation are all lost.
Popular Education|Ira Mayhew

To her unpracticed eye, the character of the country remained unchanged except for minor variations.
North of Fifty-Three|Bertrand W. Sinclair
The latter seems to us, who are unpracticed in it, three times as difficult.
The Invention of Lithography|Alois Senefelder