unpracticed

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adjective

Not practiced; inexperienced.

Similar
unpractisedunversedinexperiencedinexperient
OriginEnglish practiced ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunpracticed (comparative more unpracticed, superlative most unpracticed)

comparative more unpracticed · superlative most unpracticed

  1. USNot practiced; inexperienced.

    Even to his unpracticed eye, the stitching showed the results of a patient hand. A loudly expelled breath drew his attention to Belle Latchett. Her impressive bosom rose inside a plum-colored brocade dress. A buffont of white gauze trembled ...

    1992, Stella Cameron, Only by Your Touch, Avon Books, →ISBN, pages 64–65
  2. USNot carried out in practice; not usually done.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot having had extensive practice

Similar
unpractisedunversedinexperiencedinexperient
Also see
freshgreeninexperiencedstrangeunfledgedunseenunversedverdant

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishpracticed
  9. Englishunpracticed

From un- + practiced.

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Translations

Bulgarian неопитен
  • неопитен (neopiten)not practiced
Norwegian upraktisert, uøvd
  • upraktisertnot practiced
  • uøvdnot practiced
Cite this entry
APA

unpracticed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpracticed

MLA

“unpracticed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpracticed. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unpracticed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpracticed.

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