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View usage for: (ɪnekspɜːʳt) adjectiveIf you describe someone or something as inexpert, you mean that they show a lack of skill. He was too inexperienced and too inexpert to succeed. ...inexpert needlework. Synonyms: amateurish, awkward, bungling, clumsy More Synonyms of inexpert inexpert in British English (ɪnˈɛkspɜːt) adjectivenot expert; unskilled or unskilful; inept Derived forms inexpertly (inˈexpertly) adverb inexpertness (inˈexpertness) noun inexpert in American English (ɪnˈɛkspərt; ˌ ɪnɛkˈspɜrt; ˌɪnɪkˈspɜrt) adjective not expert; unskillful; amateurish Derived forms inexpertly (inˈexpertly) adverb inexpertness (inˈexpertness) noun Word origin ME < MFr < L inexpertusExamples of 'inexpert' in a sentenceinexpert This inexpert fumbling had nothing to do with the Funchal nights.Here was the inexpert coffee maker -- he had watched Maria and knew all about it now. Definition lacking skill She was too inexpert to succeed. Synonyms cack-handed (informal) unpractised skill-less unskilful unhandy unworkmanlike Additional synonymsDefinition clumsy or ungainly She made an awkward gesture with her hands. Synonyms clumsy, stiff, rude, blundering, coarse, bungling, lumbering, inept, unskilled, bumbling, unwieldy, ponderous, ungainly, gauche, gawky, uncouth, unrefined, artless, inelegant, uncoordinated, graceless, cack-handed (informal), unpolished, clownish, oafish, inexpert, maladroit, all thumbs, ungraceful, skill-less, unskilful, butterfingered (informal), unhandy, ham-fisted or ham-handed (informal), unco (Australian, slang) a bungling burglar Synonyms incompetent, blundering, awkward, clumsy, inept, botching, cack-handed (informal), maladroit, ham-handed (informal), unskilful, ham-fisted (informal), unco (Australian, slang) Definition lacking in skill or physical coordination I'd never seen a clumsier, less coordinated boxer. Synonyms awkward, blundering, bungling, lumbering, inept, bumbling, ponderous, ungainly, gauche, accident-prone, gawky, heavy, uncoordinated, cack-handed (informal), inexpert, maladroit, ham-handed (informal), like a bull in a china shop, klutzy (US, Canadian, slang), unskilful, butterfingered (informal), ham-fisted (informal), unco (Australian, slang) - inexpensive
- inexperience
- inexperienced
- inexpert
- inexplicable
- inexpressible
- inexpressive
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