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Meanings of uninitiate in English

Not initiated; deficient in relevant experience.

Related terms

People who have not been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity.

Usage of uninitiate in English
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The uninitiate can hardly realise how impressive is the ceremonial there enacted.
The Works of Max Beerbohm
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Do you know what happens to those uninitiate who learn that secret?
The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories:...
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The well-informed concert-goer begins to appreciate beauties hidden to the uninitiate.
Human Traits and their Social Significance
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Often it is hard to separate the initiate from the uninitiate, even by those most expert.
Aunt Jane's Nieces in Society
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Whether it was a dark resentment against the uninitiate for peeping into their masonic magnificence, he could not quite conjecture.
The Napoleon of Notting Hill
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"The dead," answered Hilda, "will not reveal themselves to eyes uninitiate save at their own will, uncompelled by charm and rune.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 08
Uninitiate through the time