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
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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
“It doesn’t automatically handle unpracticed forms of generalization.”
From Scientific American ● Oct. 26, 2023
“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
Kimball’s playing on “Yankee Doodle” is at first loose and unpracticed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2020
Even to Gordon's unpracticed eye there was little doubt of the accuracy of the information he had received relating to Snake's Fall.
From The Son of his Father by Ridgwell Cullum
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