UNINITIATED Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

uninitiated

adjective

Definition of uninitiated

as in unschooled

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Recent Examples of uninitiated Remember that people are still in jail for cannabis while an adjacent movement of other psychedelic plants has lineage holders being erased by uninitiated regulators and CEO’s. — Philip Wolf, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2026 The museum also hosts quarterly open houses for locals looking to learn more about their hometown history and uninitiated out-of-towners intrigued by roadside mythos of the South’s most iconic diner. — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026 Take its internal golf academy, which now provides group lessons and open days for the curious yet uninitiated. — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 16 May 2026 The hungry yet uninitiated may enter the new 1986 Steak House, glance around and wonder whose likeness that is on the wall. — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for uninitiated

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Adjective

When Obama met Trump for a ritual pre-Inauguration visit to the Oval Office, he was struck by how unschooled and incurious the President-elect was.

— Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Mata was also concerned about how the data failed to display how INA staff works with the lowest English proficiency students in the district — specifically those who are unschooled, and oftentimes refugees who have just entered the country.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026

Definition of unschooled

Adjective

In addition, the board members raised concerns about a recent memo highlighting turnover within the coroner’s office, low morale and a claim that Lukas brought her untrained dog into the office.

— Alicia Fabbre, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
That is why companies are moving to special pens to make injecting prescription GLP-1s and insulin less complex for untrained people.

— C. Michael White, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of untrained

Adjective

Ariah’s unexpected arrival left Ross and Bellamy feeling slightly unprepared for their daughter.

— Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026
Caught unprepared for chemical warfare and lacking standard-issue gas masks, Allied soldiers improvised by covering their mouths and noses with handkerchiefs or pieces of cloth drenched in water or urine.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of unprepared

Adjective

Their quest is complicated by Hampton Squib, an inexperienced and wildly underprepared adventurer whose dream of heroism far exceeds his abilities.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026
Bass, who finished about 5 points ahead of Raman in the June primary, sought to portray her challenger as an inexperienced outsider who would struggle to build support at City Hall.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of inexperienced

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

Definition of untaught

Adjective

Persona did not see economic viability in the unskilled labor approach, Radford says.

— Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 17 Aug. 2026
The jobs were broken down into around 200 management roles, 67 office or clerical roles, 67 professional, 534 skilled and 133 unskilled.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of unskilled

Adjective

In an early study, researchers collected about five hours of primitive tennis movements from amateur players using a compact motion-capture setup.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 24 Aug. 2026
In the 1850s, while living in Seneca Falls, New York, amateur scientist Eunice Newton Foote did a series of experiments that put different substances, including carbon dioxide and moist air, inside glass cylinders and left them in the sun.

— Peter Prengaman, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026

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