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Meanings of uninitiate in English

Not initiated; deficient in relevant experience.

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

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Examples for "naive"
Examples for "naive"
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China: Strange and wonderful things can happen to naive Westerners in China.
The Irish Times
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The Wall testified to a time when simple, naive rules gave way.
Existence
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He also insisted: France is not naive when it comes to Iran.
The Guardian
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Critics say he was naive about obstacles such as Israeli settlement building.
Reuters
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His conception of the naive tales and beliefs was in itself naive.
Rashi
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The result is that it is still a maze to the uninitiated.
The Irish Times
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For the uninitiated, Stratcom was the propaganda apparatus of apartheid's security police.
The South African
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For the uninitiated, it's easy to feel overwhelmed and exhausted by ABMB.
The Guardian
4
But the uninitiated will want to play The Sands of Time first.
Wired
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To the uninitiated it might have seemed a scene of dire confusion.
His Sombre Rivals
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