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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Looking into the immersive display, even my unpractised eye could see the anomaly that was exciting them.
From Nature
I don’t worry that I am unclear, that my lips and tongue will revert to their unpractised ways under pressure, or that I’m speaking at the wrong volume for the background noise I cannot gauge.
From The Guardian
"Chinese cities are apparently unpractised in facing disasters such as Saturday's torrential downpour," it said.
From BBC
I would fain hear what a young and unpractised tongue would say.
From Project Gutenberg
In fact, Ruskin's teaching, like that of the Bible, is not unpractical, but unpractised.
From Project Gutenberg
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