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unmastered

unmastered

7.2
Not brought to a good level of skill
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈmæstərd/
translation icon : no dominado
  • Her unmastered skills in the subject became apparent during the examination.

Examples

  • The musician struggled with the difficult piece because it remained unmastered despite many hours of practice.

  • He couldn't speak properly of love anymore, since it meant for him something thinner and more elegant than the sloppy, unmastered emotion it is among the living.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • But that art unmastered will create an ugly life, an ugly life.

  • He felt that his unmastered techniques in painting held him back from creating great artwork.

Synonyms

untrained
vsunmastered
31 3.4

Having no teaching or practice to do a task well

lacks developed control and proficiency rather than merely missing training
unskilled
vsunmastered
6 2.9

Having no ability or training to do something well

lacks full learned control or proficiency rather than only missing ability
uninstructed
vsunmastered
6.9

Someone who has no training or basic knowledge about a subject

is about missing developed control and skill rather than just lacking teaching

Antonyms

3.4

You understand it completely and can use or explain it easily

How Skilled

expert
3 3.5
skilled
172 3.5
competent
114 3.6
unmastered
7.2
untrained
31 3.4
inexperienced
66 3.4

Surface Forms

unmastered positive

Morphology

unmastered = mastered (transparent) = un + master + ed

The adjective is formed by adding 'un-' to 'mastered' (learned/controlled), a regular and productive negation.

Etymology

The word unmastered comes from un- meaning 'not' and master meaning 'to be very good at or to control' something. So if a skill, routine, or fear is unmastered, it means it has not been learned or controlled yet.