Antonyms for proficient

Grammar : Adj

Spell : pruh-fish-uhnt

Phonetic Transcription : prəˈfɪʃ ənt

Definition of proficient

Origin : 1580s, back-formation from proficiency or else from Old French proficient (15c.), from Latin proficientem (nominative proficiens), present participle of proficere "to make progress, go forward, effect, accomplish, be useful" (see proficiency). Related: Proficiently.

adj able, skilled

Example sentences :

He was thus well drilled in the reading of music, in which he soon became a proficient.
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

She was highly educated and was proficient in both Greek and Latin.
Extract from : « Graded Poetry: Second Year » by Various

Do not expect at once to be a proficient in prayer or any part of the Christian life.
Extract from : « The Ministry of Intercession » by Andrew Murray

I want to be a proficient in the language, which is my only reason for returning.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 350, December 1844 » by Various

And our friend Gorgias is one of the best, and the art in which he is a proficient is the noblest.
Extract from : « Gorgias » by Plato

In the first two R's, "readin' and 'ritin'," Miss Thompson was proficient.
Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Narcisse smiled the smile of the proficient as he waved his paddle across the canoe.
Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable

If I am not proficient enough, yet knowing the rudiments I can easily improve.
Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini

In the one case the proficient was the master, in the other the slave, of the demons.
Extract from : « The Superstitions of Witchcraft » by Howard Williams

Indeed, I was becoming too proficient in craft for the maintenance of self-respect.
Extract from : « Lords of the North » by A. C. Laut

Synonyms for proficient

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