the uninitiated

noun

: people who do not have knowledge of or experience with something

For the uninitiated, let me explain how this device works.

Examples of the uninitiated in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Peggy Guggenheim Foundation is, for the uninitiated, the palazzo on the Grand Canal where Peggy lived with her prized paintings, before opening her doors to the public in 1951. —Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 8 May 2026

To the uninitiated, baobab fruit looks like pieces of white chalk, with thin pale red roots curling out. —Samantha Falewée, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2026

Chess can seem abstruse and forbidding to the uninitiated, but Himelfarb’s account of it is as readable and comprehensible as any more familiar sports story—or, for that matter, any narrative in which a bunch of ambitious people pursue a single goal. —Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026

That eye, to the uninitiated, looks more like a panic button. —Sharyn Alfonsi, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for the uninitiated

• ameliorated
• decontaminated
• deoxygenated
• deteriorated
• differentiated
• disarticulated
• excommunicated
• incapacitated
• individuated
• misappropriated
• monounsaturated
• multinucleated