Uninitiated (Adjective)
Meaning
Not initiated; deficient in relevant experience; "it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes"; "he took part in the experiment as a naive subject".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The ancient ritual seemed incomprehensible to the uninitiated observer who stumbled upon it in the woods.
- To the uninitiated, the technical jargon used by the engineers was like a foreign language.
- The uninitiated might view the artist's use of unconventional materials as mere trash, but to those in the know, it was genius.
- The professor's explanation of quantum physics was lost on the uninitiated students who had not taken the prerequisite courses.
- The uninitiated might find the rules of cricket confusing, but to fans of the sport, they were second nature.