unsavvy

American  

[uhn-sav-ee] / ʌnˈsæv i /

adjective

1. Informal. inexperienced or untrained.

   a term used only by unsavvy freshmen.

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Etymology

Origin of unsavvy

un- ¹ + savvy

Example Sentences

“I have no one,” said Blunt, who doesn’t have a cellphone and admitted to being “technologically unsavvy.”

From Washington Post

Many social-media-immersed travelers decide that Lonely Planet and travel agents are for the unsavvy.

From Slate

“If you’re unsavvy and don’t really understand what’s going on, you might agree to make a $10 payment just so they will stop calling,” he said.

From Washington Post

Perhaps the most dangerous misconception is that disinformation targets only the unsavvy or uneducated, that it works only on ‘others’.

From Nature

“Quiet, clouded up with daydreams. Usually diligent, though sometimes inconsistent, moody. But also something else, something implacable: I was unsavvy in some fundamental, uncomfortable way.”

From The New Yorker