uninitiated
About 0.50 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Not having been initiated; not having the special knowledge of a particular group.
His jargon-filled talk was gibberish to uninitiated listeners, but it was clear and concise to practitioners.
- noun People who have not been initiated and thus do not have the special knowledge of a particular group.
His jargon-filled talk was gibberish to the uninitiated, but it was clear and concise to practitioners.
Similar words
uninitiate inexperienced secular lay noninitiated naive untrained unhazed unexperienced undoctrined
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