inexpert

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: in=ex=pert

CIDE DICTIONARY

inexpert, a. [L. inexpertus inexperienced: cf. F. inexpert. See In- not, and Expert.].

•  Destitute of experience or of much experience.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]
•  Not expert; not skilled; destitute of knowledge or dexterity derived from practice.  Akenside.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

inexpert, adj. unskilful; lacking expertise.

Derivative

inexpertly adv. inexpertness n.

Etymology

OF f. L inexpertus (as IN-(1), EXPERT)

THESAURUS

inexpert

artless, half-assed, inadept, inapt, inattentive, inefficient, inept, mediocre, pedestrian, poor, skill-less, thoughtless, unapt, undeft, undexterous, undextrous, unfacile, unintelligent, unproficient, unskillful

ROGET THESAURUS

inexpert

Unskillfulness

N unskillfulness, want of skill, incompetence, incompentency, inability, infelicity, indexterity, inexperience, disqualification, unproficiency, quackery, folly, stupidity indiscretion, thoughtlessness, sabotage, mismanagement, misconduct, impolicy, maladministration, misrule, misgovernment, misapplication, misdirection, misfeasance, petticoat government, absence of rule, rule of thumb, bungling, failure, screw loose: too many cooks, blunder, etourderie gaucherie, act of folly, balourdise, botch, botchery, bad job, sad work, sprat sent out to catch a whale, much ado about nothing, wild- goose chase, bungler, fool, unskillful, inexpert, bungling, awkward, clumsy, unhandy, lubberly, gauche, maladroit, left-handed, heavy-handed, slovenly, slatternly, gawky, adrift, at fault, inapt, unapt, inhabile, untractable, unteachable, giddy, inconsiderate, stupid inactive, incompetent, unqualified, disqualified, ill-qualified, unfit, quackish, raw, green, inexperienced, rusty, out of practice, unaccustomed, unused, untrained &c, uninitiated, unconversant, shiftless, unstatesmanlike, unadvised, ill-advised, misadvised, ill-devised, ill-imagined, ill-judged, ill-contrived, ill-conducted, unguided, misguided, misconducted, foolish, wild, infelicitous, penny wise and pound foolish, one's fingers being all thumbs, the right hand forgets its cunning, il se noyerait dans une goutte d'eau, incidit in Scyllam qui vult vitare Charybdim, out of the frying pan into the fire, non omnia possumus omnes.