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| Main Entry: | untrained |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inexperienced |
| Synonyms: | green, new, novice |
| Main Entry: | amateurish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unprofessional |
| Synonyms: | bush-league*, incompetent, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, insipid, unskilled, untrained |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | callow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immature |
| Synonyms: | crude, green, guileless, inexperienced, infant, jejune, juvenile, kid, naive, puerile, raw, tenderfoot, unripe, unsophisticated, untrained, untried, young, jellybean, low tech, not dry behind ears, sophomore, unbaked, unfledged |
| Notes: | callow means lacking experience of life, immature - while shallow means lacking depth of intellect, emotion, or knowledge |
| Antonyms: | experienced, initiated, mature, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | ignorant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unaware, unknowing |
| Synonyms: | dense, green*, illiterate, in the dark, inexperienced, innocent, insensible, mindless, moronic, naive, oblivious, obtuse, shallow, thick, unconscious, uncultivated, uncultured, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed, uninitiated, unlearned, unmindful, unschooled, unsuspecting, untaught, untrained, unwitting, witless, apprenticed, benighted, birdbrained, blind to, cretinous, imbecilic, misinformed, nescient, unconversant, unintellectual, unknowledgeable, unlettered, unread |
| Antonyms: | aware, competent, educated, intelligent, knowledgeable, literate, talented, wise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incompetent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unskillful, unable |
| Synonyms: | amateur, amateurish, awkward, bungling, bush-league*, clumsy, helpless, inadequate, incapable, ineffectual, inefficient, ineligible, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, insufficient, maladroit, raw, unfit, uninitiated, unqualified, unskilled, untrained, useless, disqualified, floundering, not cut out for, not equal to, not have it, out to lunch, unadapted, unequipped, unfitted, unhandy, unproficient |
| Antonyms: | able, adept, capable, competent, dexterous, effective, efficient, experienced, expert, proficient, skillful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inefficient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not working well; wasteful |
| Synonyms: | can't hack it, careless, disorganized, extravagant, faulty, feeble, half-baked*, improficient, improvident, incapable, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inept, inexpert, not cut out for, prodigal, shooting blanks, slack, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, unfit, unprepared, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful, untrained, weak |
| Antonyms: | able, capable, competent, efficient, expert, useful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inexperienced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unskilled, unfamiliar |
| Synonyms: | amateur, callow, fresh, green*, ignorant, immature, inept, inexpert, innocent, kid*, naive, new, raw*, rookie, rude, sophomoric, tenderfoot*, unaccustomed, unacquainted, undisciplined, unschooled, unseasoned, unsophisticated, untrained, untried, unused, unversed, unworldly, verdant, young, prentice, spring chicken, unconversant, unfamiliar with, unfledged, unpracticed, wet behind ears |
| Antonyms: | educated, experienced, expert, familiar, seasoned, skilled, trained, versed, schooled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | undeveloped |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immature |
| Synonyms: | abortive, backward, embryonic, half-baked, inchoate, incipient, inexperienced, latent, potential, primitive, primordial, underdeveloped, untaught, untrained, behindhand, ignored, unactualized, unevolved, unprogressive |
| Antonyms: | adult, developed, grown, mature |
| Main Entry: | undisciplined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncontrolled |
| Synonyms: | defiant, disorderly, headstrong, inconsistent, insubordinate, mischievous, naughty, noncompliant, unrestrained, unruly, untrained, wayward, lacking self-control, ungoverned |
| Main Entry: | unprepared |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not ready |
| Synonyms: | ad-lib*, caught off guard, ill-considered, impromptu, improvised, napping, not prepared, off the cuff*, off the top of one's head, offhand, played by ear, spontaneous, surprised, taken off guard, unaware, unexpected, unplanned, unready, unrehearsed, unschooled, unskilled, untrained, vulnerable, winged* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unprofessional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not done well or skillfully |
| Synonyms: | amateur, amateurish, ignorant, improper, inadequate, incompetent, inefficient, inexperienced, inexpert, lax, negligent, unethical, unsuitable, untrained, unworthy, nonexpert, unfitting |
| Antonyms: | experienced, expert, professional, skilled |
| Main Entry: | uninitiated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uninformed |
| Synonyms: | ignorant, inexperienced, unenlightened, unskilled, untrained, unversed, naïve |
| Antonyms: | experienced, skilled, trained, versed |
| Main Entry: | disorderly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | messy, untidy |
| Synonyms: | chaotic, confused, disorganized, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, irregular, jumbled, scattered, slovenly, topsy-turvy*, tumult, undisciplined, unkempt, unrestrained, untrained, all over the place, cluttered, dislocated, mixed up, out-of-control, out-of-line, out-of-step, out-of-whack, scrambled, uncombed, unmethodical, unsystematic |
| Antonyms: | neat, ordered, orderly, organized, trim, arranged, systematized |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | new |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | recent, fresh |
| Synonyms: | advanced, au courant, contemporary, current, different, dissimilar, distinct, fashionable, inexperienced, late, latest, modern, modernistic, modish*, newfangled*, novel, now*, original, recent, spick-and-span*, state-of-the-art, strange, topical, ultramodern, unaccustomed, unfamiliar, unique, unknown, unlike, unseasoned, unskilled, unspoiled, untouched, untrained, untried, unused, unusual, up-to-date, virgin, youthful, brand-new, cutting-edge, dewy, just out, neoteric, uncontaminated, untrodden |
| Antonyms: | deteriorated, old, old-fashioned, outdated, worn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unaccustomed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not prepared, ready; new |
| Synonyms: | ignorant, incompetent, inexperienced, novice, unacquainted, uninformed, unseasoned, unskilled, untaught, untrained, newcome, not given to, not used to, too green, unfamiliar with, uninstructed, unpracticed, unused to, unversed in |
| Antonyms: | accustomed, prepared, ready |
| Main Entry: | crude |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unrefined, natural |
| Synonyms: | amateurish, callow, coarse, green, harsh, homemade, homespun, immature, impure, inexpert, makeshift, outline, primitive, raw, rough, rude, rudimentary, rustic, simple, sketchy, thick, undeveloped, unfinished, unformed, unpolished, unprepared, untaught, untrained, in the rough, prentice, rough-hewn, ungraded, unmatured, unmilled, unprocessed, unproficient, unsorted, unworked, unwrought |
| Antonyms: | formal, planned, refined, sophisticated, stilted |
| Main Entry: | green |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inexperienced |
| Synonyms: | callow, credulous, fresh, gullible, ignorant, immature, inexpert, ingenuous, innocent, naive, new, raw, tenderfoot*, unpolished, unseasoned, unskillful, unsophisticated, untrained, unversed, young, youthful, unconversant, unpracticed, wet behind the ears |
| Antonyms: | experienced, expert, skilled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | primitive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | barbaric, crude |
| Synonyms: | animal, austere, barbarian, barbarous, childlike, fierce, ignorant, naive, natural, raw, rough, rude, rudimentary, savage, simple, uncivilized, uncultivated, uncultured, underdeveloped, undeveloped, unlearned, unrefined, unsophisticated, untamed, untaught, untrained, wild, atavistic, brutish, nonliterate, preliterate, undomesticated, untutored, vestigial |
| Antonyms: | cultured, modern, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | unfit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not ready |
| Synonyms: | amateur, awkward, bungling, bush league*, clumsy, debilitated, feeble, heavy-handed, impotent, inadequate, incapable, incapacitated, incompetent, ineffective, inefficient, ineligible, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, maladjusted, maladroit, unable, unprepared, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful, untrained, useless, weak, blundering, butter-fingered, disqualified, ill-equipped, no good, not cut out for, not equal to, not up to, unapt, unfitted, unhandy, unpracticed, unproficient |
| Antonyms: | able, fit, qualified, ready, willing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unstudied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective2 |
| Definition: | unlearned |
| Synonyms: | ignorant, untaught, untrained, unversed |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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