inconversantadj.
/ɪnˈkɒnvəsənt/ rare.
Not conversant; not versed in or familiar with.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > unfamiliarity with, inexperience > [adjective]
unwistc1374
unknowna1393
ignorantc1475
imperfect1508
rawa1513
unskilfula1547
imperite?1550
illiterate1556
strange1561
unacquainted1565
green-headed1569
unacquainted1581
unacquaint1587
unfledged1603
inexperienced1626
guiltless1667
inexperient1670
unconversanta1674
unversed1675
uninitiated1678
a stranger to1697
uninitiate1801
inconversant1802
lay1821
griffish1836
wet behind the ears1851
neophytic1856
griffinish1860
experienceless1875
neophytish1897
wet-eared1967
1802 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. III. i.99 A person inconversant in natural history.
1836 W. Hamilton tr. Xenophon in Edinb. Rev. Jan. 458 Though himself not inconversant with these..he did not perceive of what utility they could be.
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