Rookie (Noun)
Meaning
An awkward and inexperienced youth.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The new recruit was clearly a rookie, constantly getting in the way and causing more problems than he was solving.
- Inexperienced and gangly, the rookie player stumbled over his own feet on the soccer field.
- The rookie camp counselor struggled to keep up with the energetic and mischievous campers.
- Despite his best efforts, the rookie employee seemed to mess up every simple task his boss assigned to him.
- The rookie musician's awkward stage presence detracted from his otherwise impressive talent with the guitar.