Synonyms for inexpert


Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-eks-purt, in-ik-spurt
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈɛks pɜrt, ˌɪn ɪkˈspɜrt


Définition of inexpert

Origin :
  • mid-15c., from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + expert (adj.), or else from Old French inexpert, from Latin inexpertus "without experience, unpracticed." Related: Inexpertly.
  • adj inexperienced
Example sentences :
  • "I am as inexpert with the gun as the rod," said I, diffidently.
  • Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
  • Most of the new hands were inexpert and much given to drink.
  • Extract from : « James Watt » by Andrew Carnegie
  • Now observe the result of this inexpert deflection of yours.
  • Extract from : « Alonzo Fitz and Other Stories » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • How could she, inexpert, foresee what was mockingly obvious to hindsight?
  • Extract from : « The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig » by David Graham Phillips
  • As to use there is the distinction of inexpert and expert control.
  • Extract from : « Studies in Logical Theory » by John Dewey
  • Rose, inexpert though she was, soothed her lover with all the melodies he desired.
  • Extract from : « A Virgin Heart » by Remy de Gourmont
  • The "fly in amber" has ceased to be a puzzle even to the inexpert.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Evolution » by Joseph McCabe
  • With inexpert fingers, she set the combination and pulled back the door.
  • Extract from : « Out of the Ashes » by Ethel Watts Mumford
  • Do they imagine at home that I am so inexpert in the theory of drama as not to know this?
  • Extract from : « Ghosts » by Henrik Ibsen
  • The waste of British horses due to inexpert Horsemastership.
  • Extract from : « A Handbook of the Boer War » by Gale and Polden, Limited

Antonyms for inexpert

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