inexpert
1
6.5
- adjective
- /ɪnˈɛkspɜrt/
:
inexperto
- She took an inexpert approach to cooking, resulting in a burnt dinner that nobody wanted to eat.
- inexpert hands
Examples
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Half of the sketches have been altered by Gentry's inexpert hand.
Fiction book (1990) -
She caresses the skin with her fingertips as if she were another woman, an inexpert lover exploring an unknown body.
Fiction book (1998) -
I sat next to my wife, feeling not shy but inexpert.
Fiction book (1997) -
In Reacher's inexpert opinion, he was watching the start of a big reputation.
Fiction book (2001) -
"What a lot of lawyers don't realize is that there are a lot of experts who are inexpert," she says.
Academic text (1994) -
To my admittedly inexpert reading, this seems largely analogous to situations when I offer medical advice to my patients who are located in a state outside of Massachusetts, where I am licensed.
Blog text (30) -
It's the same but more so: inexpert politicians with agendas to push, putting inadequate funding in the schools, and they don't really care because it's not their community and they won't lose their jobs over it.
Blog text (5) -
Instead, they reminded him of ancient figureheads carved by inexpert sailors, women with eyes that were flat, features rough-hewn, hair plastered to misshapen heads.
Fiction book (1999) -
The fundamental problem—in my inexpert opinion—is that two groups of people who didn't like each other to start with and have since had every reason to hate each other's guts are forced to live in insanely close proximity to one another for their entire lives.
Blog text (21) -
Giambrone confirms that the team sought ceramics that "looked good" to their eyes—eyes, like those of the audience to whom they pitched, that were unabashedly inexpert.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
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2.1
Having little experience in a job or activity
66
3.4
Not having much skill or practice
49
5.0
Not good at something and often clumsy
31
3.4
Having no teaching or practice to do a task well
13
6.5
Not done well or with skill, like work by a beginner
8
8.0
People who do not know about a subject or activity
6
2.9
Having no ability or training to do something well
1
6.0
Not experienced at doing something
1
6.5
A person who has little experience in a job or activity
1
4.4
Not able to do something well
1
8.4
Not having much experience or knowledge about a subject
1
4.8
Has little skill or experience in a particular activity
Not having much practical experience or training
Not trained and not able to do a particular job
Not having special knowledge or skill in a subject
Antonyms
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word inexpert is made from the prefix in- meaning 'not' and the word expert, which means 'a skilled person'. So, inexpert means 'not skilled' or lacking skill.