uninitiated

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Recent Examples of uninitiated For those uninitiated into chronically online beauty culture, facial contrast is based on how much contrast there is between your hair color, skin tone, and the color of other facial features like your eyes and lips. Maria Santa Poggi, Allure, 4 Nov. 2024 For those uninitiated, this beauty of a dish is a thick T-bone cut from the Chianina cow, simply seasoned and grilled to perfection. Jenn Rice, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024 For the tragically uninitiated, The O.C. was a teen drama that aired on Fox for four seasons, from 2003 to 2007. Andy Swift, TVLine, 26 June 2024 Lambeau Field’s historical lore is a must-see for any uninitiated NFL fan (Week 12, Nov. 24). Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 16 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for uninitiated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninitiated
Adjective
  • Whether these findings map onto kids who are unschooled in the context of worldschooling remains to be seen without systematic longitudinal studies; anecdotal evidence from the parents in my research suggests mixed results.
    Jennie Germann Molz, Scientific American, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Some research also suggests that children who are unschooled underperform on academic assessments, particularly regarding reading.
    Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2024
Adjective
  • His savage, untutored mind suggested no better way than that of wreaking vengeance upon those who had wronged him.
    Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025
  • To an untutored lurker, the whole thing seemed like … a frickin’ ballet, or some less dainty choreography, a headlong dance of astounding precision.
    Jody Rosen, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
Adjective
  • Bureau staff spot tricks and traps that are invisible to the untrained eye.
    Mike Calhoun, Sun Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Listen to this article To the untrained eye, San Diego FC’s new secondary jerseys look white.
    Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The surge in optimism following the election of President Trump, followed by the recent sharp drop off in some surveys, suggest that both businesses and consumers were unprepared for the extent and even the nature of some of the policies now being pursued.
    Steve Liesman, CNBC, 19 Mar. 2025
  • But despite the area being prone to severe weather, many residents were unprepared for a tornado of such magnitude.
    Alex Gurley, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Still, with this inspirational true story, the streamer stands to reach a much wider public than Perry’s typical audience, reminding how much of American history remains untaught and largely untold.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Until recent years, the story of how this period affected California’s Indigenous peoples had largely gone untaught or underrecognized.
    Anne Wallentine, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2024
Adjective
  • Photo: Focus Features/Everett Collection A Coen brothers riff on the spy genre, Burn After Reading is filled with self-mythologizing drunks, unskilled opportunists, and borderline morons.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
  • In reference to Table 1, TRINA 1.0 was able to perform telemedicine and unskilled physical tasks.
    Kris Hauser, IEEE Spectrum, 4 May 2020
Adjective
  • The right leadership is critical One of the most damaging mistakes companies make is appointing DEI leaders who are passionate but unqualified.
    Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The answer is an unqualified no, obviously, despite Mrs. Bennett’s attempt to force Mr. Bennett to force Lizzy to reconsider.
    Marley Marius, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Despite the exhibition’s dynamism and appreciated efforts to frame each work for the viewer, the accompanying wall text and political readings felt thin and inexpert at times.
    Dallas News, Dallas News, 6 May 2022
  • The procedure is not without risk: The mortality rate from tellurium injections is 12 percent, and can rise as high as 68 percent for children when the work is performed by an inexpert hand.
    Aaron Timms, The New Republic, 2 Sep. 2022

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“Uninitiated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninitiated. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.

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