Definition of nonexpertnext
as in amateur
a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession as a nonexpert, I enjoy her readable articles on physics and astronomy

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Recent Examples of nonexpert But nonexperts will struggle to determine what is essential and what is excessive in its highly specialized and technical realm. — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025 Even people skilled at communicating scientific principles to nonexperts have been lured into the debate trap. — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023 How can nonexperts figure out what to eat when the experts can’t agree? — Tamar Haspel, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2023 Now, ChatGPT and similar language processing tools promise to upend medical care again, providing patients with more data than a simple online search and explaining conditions and treatments in language nonexperts can understand. — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2023 See All Example Sentences for nonexpert
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Noun
  • Rather than enter the amateur draft, De Paula signed directly with the Dodgers as an international amateur for a bonus of just under $400,000.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • In Bird and Goldmark’s account (these collaborators are also married), the nihilistic, amoral, duplicitous, power-seeking Roy Marcus Cohn makes Niccolò Machiavelli seem like a rank amateur.
    — Martin Filler, The New York Review of Books, 15 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • How did the behind-the-scenes tinkerer become the singer in his band?
    — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The repair cafes are particularly special, said Conchas, who watched a tinkerer resurrect a broken family trinket box last year.
    — Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 3 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Any fan of the franchise will tell you that the full lore of the world crafted by Tetsuya Nomura is virtually nonsensical to explain to a layman.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Hundreds of laymen, actuated solely by idle curiosity, received little more than a crick in the neck for their pains.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 12 Aug. 2026

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“Nonexpert.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonexpert. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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