INEXPERT, INEXPERTLY, INEXPERTNESS
ADJECTIVES
► GROSS of workmanship, method, etc.: inexpert; clumsy → 1522 obs.
► NEW-CHUM inexpert, inexperienced raw → 1864 Aust. & NZ sl.
► UNEXPERT inexpert → 1425 obs.
► UNHANDSOME inexpert, unskilful → 1616 obs.
► UNPERFECT inexpert, unskilled → 1400
► UNPRACTICED ► UNPRACTISED not having had extensive practice; inexperienced, inexpert; untrained → 1551
► UNPROFICIENT unskilful, inexpert → 1794
► UNWIELDY inexpert or awkward in doing something; incapable → 1666 obs.
ADVERBS
► WRETCHEDLY in an inexpert, unsatisfactory, or crude manner → 1677
NOUNS
► UNHANDINESS awkwardness, inexpertness → 1706
► UNSKILL lack of skill; inexpertness → 1565 arch.
NOUNS – PERSON
► EMPIRIC an untrained or inexpert person who behaves as if knowledgeable; a pretender → 1614 disparaging usage
► HAM a person who is inexpert or amateur → 1882
► NUMB HAND a clumsy or inexpert person → 1850 colloq.
► SAFT-HAND a feeble or inexpert person → 1818 Sc.
► UNDERGRADUATE a person imperfectly instructed, or as yet inexpert in something → 1659
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