单词 | unadept |
释义 | unadeptn.adj. A. n. One who is not an adept. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > unfamiliarity with, inexperience > [noun] > inexperienced person imperite1614 greenhorn1672 unadept1745 griffin1793 1745 E. Young Consolation 34 I'll point out to thee Its various Lessons; some that may surprize An Un-adept in Mysteries of Night. 1817 M. Keating Trav. I. 42 The un~adept in the valuable science of botany. 1831 M. W. Shelley Frankenstein (rev. ed.) ii. 27 Thus for a time I was occupied by exploded systems, mingling, like an unadept, a thousand contradictory theories. B. adj. Not adept or proficient. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > awkward or inept unrekena1325 untoward1557 unfeatya1586 unhappy1651 ungaina1657 unadept1830 jackleg1833 jack-legged1839 inapt1860 inadept1875 unpractical1890 raunchy1937 stumblebum1940 ham1941 1830 J. Bentham Public Acct. Keeping 10 in Official Aptitude Maximized To an unadept mind, what other idea than this is it in the nature of this appellation to suggest. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.adj.1745 |
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