- a variation of unpracticed.
unpractised
Britishadjective
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without skill, training, or experience
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not used or done often or repeatedly
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not yet tested
Example Sentences
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It is not easy to distinguish a hare when crouching in a ploughed field, his colour harmonises so well with the clods; so that an unpractised eye generally fails to note him.
From Wild Life in a Southern County by Jefferies, Richard
The eye, unpractised, sometimes lost the current, When some wild rapid of the tide did whirl, While yet a master hand beyond the torrent Freed my frail shallop from the perilous swirl.
From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Elliott, Maud Howe
She was yet unpractised in suffering, and it is no wonder that, despite her high spirit, her misery was apparent to all.
From Henrietta Maria by Haynes, Henrietta
The Latin is exquisitely written, the Greek uncials are neat, but evidently the work of an unpractised hand, which soon changes from weariness.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose
It is strongly marked by its characteristic style, so that an addition or alteration by another hand would strike even an unpractised ear, as not having the true ring.
From Pastor Pastorum by Latham, Rev. Henry
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