uninitiated

adj
/ʌnɪnˈɪʃi.eɪtɪd/UK

Etymology

From un- + initiated.

Definitions

  1. Not having been initiated

    Not having been initiated; not having the special knowledge of a particular group.

    • His jargon-filled talk was gibberish to uninitiated listeners, but it was clear and concise to practitioners.
  2. People who have not been initiated and thus do not have the special knowledge of a…

    People who have not been initiated and thus do not have the special knowledge of a particular group.

    • His jargon-filled talk was gibberish to the uninitiated, but it was clear and concise to practitioners.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for uninitiated. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA