uninitiated
adjective
un·ini·ti·at·ed
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Definition of uninitiated
: lacking knowledge of or experience with something : not initiated : inexperienced
an uninitiated recruit providing detailed instructions for the uninitiated [=for uninitiated people]
Examples of uninitiated in a Sentence
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For the uninitiated, the comedy features a Scottish family. — Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, "Visiting every playground in SF in 1 summer: no walk in the park," 20 Aug. 2019 For the uninitiated, The Little Prince is a novella by the French aviator and author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, "Early Sketches From ‘The Little Prince’ Found in Swiss Collection," 20 Aug. 2019 For the uninitiated, the only time slime spreads onto the radar is during Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards. — Rod Stafford Hagwood, sun-sentinel.com, "Slime Obsidian and other slime stars heading to SlimelandFL," 16 Aug. 2019 For the uninitiated, there is also festive pleasure in discovering these original flavor combinations. — Jeff Koehler, Twin Cities, "With these Moroccan salads, vegetables come first — and in dazzling abundance," 8 Aug. 2019 For the uninitiated, there is also festive pleasure in discovering these original flavor combinations. — Jeff Koehler, Twin Cities, "With these Moroccan salads, vegetables come first — and in dazzling abundance," 8 Aug. 2019 For the uninitiated, there is also festive pleasure in discovering these original flavor combinations. — Jeff Koehler, Washington Post, "With these Moroccan salads, vegetables come first — and in dazzling abundance," 5 Aug. 2019 For the uninitiated, F&F more or less follows the car-crashing bromance of two shredded dude-bros played by Paul Walker and Vin Diesel. — Peter Opaskar, Ars Technica, "What I learned about cars watching all 8 Fast & Furious movies in 4 days," 2 Aug. 2019 For the uninitiated, the Streisand Effect is the modern phenomenon of calling wider public attention to something by attempting to bury it. — Cady Drell, Marie Claire, "The Felicity Huffman Movie ‘Otherhood’ Is the Streisand Effect in Action," 2 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'uninitiated.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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