the uninitiatednoun [ plural ]
uk/ˌʌn.ɪˈnɪʃ.i.eɪ.tɪd/us/ˌʌn.ɪˈnɪʃ.i.eɪ.t̬ɪd/mainly humorouspeople who are without knowledge or experience of a particular subject or activity:
Michelle, for the uninitiated, is the central female character in Netflix's latest comedy series.
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Inexperienced people and lack of experience
- beginner
- blind
- dilettante
- freshman
- functional illiterate
- greenhorn
- know
- layman
- laywoman
- lightweight
- neophyte
- newcomer
- probationer
- rookie
- stranger
- the blind leading the blind idiom
- tyro
- upstart
- virgin
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adjective ukus