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Recent Examples of uninitiated
The script apparently also features period-accurate dialogue with translations and annotations for those uninitiated to Old English.
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Nick Romano, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2025
Still, the project offered a unique opportunity to reunite iconic talent with the franchise (hi, Jennifer Tilly!) and let the screenwriter reimagine his legendary character for an uninitiated, more progressive audience.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 Dec. 2024
In case you’re uninitiated, Spotify Wrapped summarizes the biggest moments of your Spotify usage: your top artist, your top genre, and your top song, among others.
—Charley Ross, Glamour, 21 Nov. 2024
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
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Nick Romano, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2025
Still, the project offered a unique opportunity to reunite iconic talent with the franchise (hi, Jennifer Tilly!) and let the screenwriter reimagine his legendary character for an uninitiated, more progressive audience.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 Dec. 2024
In case you’re uninitiated, Spotify Wrapped summarizes the biggest moments of your Spotify usage: your top artist, your top genre, and your top song, among others.
—Charley Ross, Glamour, 21 Nov. 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for uninitiated
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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
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Some research also suggests that children who are unschooled underperform on academic assessments, particularly regarding reading.—
Ej Dickson,
Rolling Stone,
24 June 2024
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No untutored voice, nor even sound of rushing car disturbed the seemingly sacred stillness of the hour.—
Erin Alberty,
Axios,
14 Apr. 2025
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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
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Who was this untrained woman, who named her research animals things like David Greybeard, Fifi, Merlin, and Flo?—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
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The untrained alligator wrestlers attempted to duct tape the alligator's mouth shut.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
29 Sep. 2025
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Shutdowns can delay contracts, squeeze liquidity, and reveal how unprepared many companies are to absorb shocks, Gainer said.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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The challenges schools face While there is no federal data on how many public schools have air conditioning, many schools were built for cooler temperatures, and are unprepared for how our changing climate is making extreme heat days stretch further into the fall.—
Simmone Shah,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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By the way, Valera wasn’t the only inexperienced Guardian to make a pivotal play.—
Levi Weaver,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Fleck said that type of at-the-line adjustment is atypical for such an inexperienced player; Lindsey was making only his fourth collegiate start.—
Andy Greder,
Twin Cities,
29 Sep. 2025
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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
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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
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Lane change issues, road debris or an unskilled driver are all quickly visible in the rear-view mirror with a tap on the accelerator.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
21 Sep. 2025
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For the unskilled makeup amateurs among us, the face-sculpting technique of contouring is a little too intimidating.—
Jeanne Ballion,
Vogue,
7 Aug. 2025
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The anime film follows an amateur sleuth with a penchant for the paranormal, who travels to the deep south to solve a string of murders that have awakened a vengeful Boo Hag spirit seeking justice.—
Kimberly Nordyke,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
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The whole thing is truly amateur.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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“Uninitiated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uninitiated. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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