uninitiated
Those lacking experience
The uninitiated are people who lack specialized knowledge or experience in a particular area.
The term treats unfamiliarity as exclusion from a kind of secret society: To the uninitiated, the jargon is impenetrable.
As an adjective, uninitiated describes someone new to something: an uninitiated viewer, uninitiated in the ways of corporate politics.
Inexperienced beginner
- tyroInexperienced learner
- fledglingInexperienced newcomer
- rookieInexperienced newcomer
- beginnerOne who lacks experience
newcomer · learner · apprentice · trainee · novitiate · recruit · cadet · probationer
Lacking practical knowledge
- untrainedLacking learned skills
- unskilledLacking acquired competence
- unpracticedWithout training or skill
- unqualifiedLacking required credentials
untutored · raw · unschooled · amateur · green · untested · unproven · wet behind the ears
Lacking knowledge of something
- ignorantLacking knowledge or awareness
- unfamiliarNot previously known
- unenlightenedLacking awareness or knowledge
- unknowingLacking awareness or information
unversed · uninformed · oblivious · clueless · unsuspecting · unacquainted · untaught · in the dark
Unaffiliated person
- excludedShut out, denied entry
- uninvitedWithout formal welcome
- uninductedNot formally admitted
- unconsecratedNot ritually dedicated
profane · secular · layperson · unsworn · unbaptized · unconverted · unchurched · heathen
neophyte
Inexperienced beginner
beginner · newcomer · learner · apprentice · trainee · novitiate · recruit · cadet · probationer · intern
inexperienced
Lacking practical knowledge
- untrainedLacking learned skills
- unskilledLacking acquired competence
- unpracticedWithout training or skill
unqualified · untutored · raw · unschooled · amateur · green · untested · unproven · wet behind the ears · unsophisticated
unaware
Lacking knowledge of something
- ignorantLacking knowledge or awareness
- unfamiliarNot previously known
- unenlightenedLacking awareness or knowledge
unknowing · unversed · uninformed · oblivious · clueless · unsuspecting · unacquainted · untaught · in the dark · unprepared
nonmember
Unaffiliated person
- excludedShut out, denied entry
- uninvitedWithout formal welcome
- uninductedNot formally admitted
unconsecrated · profane · secular · layperson · unsworn · unbaptized · unconverted · unchurched · heathen · unordained
- amateursamateur, hobbyist, nonprofessional, dabbler, novice
- novicesnovice, beginner, rookie, newbie, greenhorn
- naivetenaivety, naive, innocence, gullible, gullibility
- nonexpertslaymen, laypeople, laypersons, laywomen, laity
- newcomersnewcomers, newcomer, new arrivals, new arrival, newbie
- easy marksmark, easy mark, sucker, dupe, patsy
uninitiatedexperienced
Having practical knowledge gained
skilled · trained · expert · versed · knowledgeable
initial, initiative, initiate, initiation, initials, uninitialized, initiated, initiator, initiating