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uninitiated

 
Dictionary: un·in·i·ti·at·ed   (ŭn'ĭ-nĭsh'ē-ā'tĭd) pronunciation
adj.
Not knowledgeable or skilled; inexperienced.

n.
An uninformed, unskilled, or inexperienced person or group of people. Often used with the: "What's the difference, the uninitiated may ask, between eggshell white and wedding gown white?" (Wall Street Journal).


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adjective

    Lacking experience and the knowledge gained from it: green, inexperienced, inexpert, raw, uninitiate, unpracticed, unseasoned, untried, unversed. See ability/inability.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: not initiated; deficient in relevant experience
  Synonym: uninitiate


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - uindviet, uerfaren
n. - uindviet, uerfaren

Nederlands (Dutch)
(nog) niet ingewijd/ toegelaten, onervaren

Français (French)
adj. - non initié
n. - le profane

Deutsch (German)
adj. - uneingeweiht
n. - Uneingeweihte(r)

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αμύητος

Italiano (Italian)
non iniziato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - não iniciado, leigo

Русский (Russian)
непосвященный (во что-л.)

Español (Spanish)
adj. - no iniciado
n. - persona que carece de conocimientos (en una materia)

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - oinvigd, inte initierad

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
未被接纳入会的, 缺乏某种特定知识和经验的, 缺乏某种特定知识和经验的人

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 未被接納入會的, 缺乏某種特定知識和經驗的
n. - 缺乏某種特定知識和經驗的人

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 풋내기의, 경험이 없는
n. - 미경험자, 초심자

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 十分な経験のない, 新米の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غير مبدوء, غير مدخل في, غير مدرب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שלא הובא בסוד (העניין), הדיוט, זר‬
n. - ‮אדם שלא עבר טקס חניכה או לא התקבל (למסדר או לארגון מסוים)‬


 
 
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