unpractised
Lacking hands-on experience
Unpractised means lacking experience or skill through insufficient practice.
An unpractised hand shows hesitation; an unpractised speaker stumbles over words.
The term suggests not incompetence but simply the rawness that comes before familiarity: Her unpractised eye couldn't distinguish the forgery from the original.
British spelling of unpracticed.
Color of vegetation
- untrainedLacking learned skills
- unskilledLacking acquired competence
- rawIn original state
- unschooledLacking formal instruction
untutored · unseasoned · unversed · uninitiated · unfamiliar · unacquainted · naive · ignorant
Lacking physical coordination
- fumblingClumsy, uncoordinated handling
- ungainlyLacking ease of movement
- stiffNot easily bent
- uncoordinatedLacking physical grace
ham-handed · bungling · maladroit · gauche · blundering · ungraceful · inelegant · halting
green
Color of vegetation
unschooled · untutored · unseasoned · unversed · uninitiated · unfamiliar · unacquainted · naive · ignorant · unprepared
clumsy
Lacking physical coordination
uncoordinated · ham-handed · bungling · maladroit · gauche · blundering · ungraceful · inelegant · halting · hesitant
neglected
Not given proper attention
stale · dormant · atrophied · faded · unused · dusty · idle · unperfected · unexercised
unpractisedpractised
Skilled through repetition
trained · polished · proficient · skilled · accomplished
unpractisedexperienced
Having practical knowledge gained
seasoned · veteran · expert · battle-hardened · well-versed
practice, practical, practicing, practices, impractical, practically, practicality, practicable, practised