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inexpert, a. (n.)|ɪnˈɛkspɜːt, ɪnɛkˈspɜːt|
[a. OF. inexpert, -e (14–16th c. in Godef.), ad. L. inexpert-us untried, unexperienced, f. in- (in-3) + expertus: see expert a.]
†1. Not having experience, without experience; inexperienced, unacquainted. Const. in, of. Obs.
c1450tr. De Imitatione iii. viii. 74 Þei þat biþ ȝit newe & inexperte in þe wey of god. 1526Tindale Heb. v. 13 Every man that is feed with mylke is inexpert in the worde of rightewesnes. a1621J. King in Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. xxx. 8 Utterly inexpert of the way into so far a country. 1697Col. Rec. Pennsylv. I. 519 The best of us all being but inexpert in mainie things relating to those affairs. [1862Lowell Biglow P. Ser. ii. 54 Himself, haply, not inexpert of evil in this particular.]
2. Wanting the readiness, aptitude, or dexterity derived from experience; not expert; unskilled.
1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 5/2 Although that theire Chyrurgian is wholy inexperte. 1612T. Taylor Comm. Titus i. 6 They are not vnlike an inexpert musician. 1739W. Melmoth Fitzosb. Lett. (1763) 378 Inexpert in the management of this sort of contests. 1808J. Barlow Columb. viii. 684 In counsel sage, nor inexpert in arms. 1871Carlyle in Mrs. C.'s Lett. II. 157 Workmen honest though inexpert.
B. n. [mod., after expert n.] An inexpert or unskilled person; opposed to expert n.
1879McCarthy Own Times II. xxi. 102 All these made on the mind of the ordinary inexpert a confused impression. 1883American VI. 371 A test examination for experts, a competitive examination for inexperts.
Hence inˈexpertly adv., in an inexpert way, unskilfully; inˈexpertness, unskilfulness, want of expertness or dexterity derived from practice.
1744H. Walpole Lett. H. Mann (1834) I. xcv. 328 The French pursued them outsailed them and missed them by their own inexpertness. 1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) III. 431 In attempting the recovery of those who have been hung, and particularly who have inexpertly hung themselves. 1897Atlantic Monthly LXXIX. 126 Paddling inexpertly through a lake. |