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nonadept

nonadept noun: one who is not an adept, one who has not mastered a particular esoteric discipline.

Noun

nonadept (plural nonadepts)

  1. One who is not an adept, one who has not mastered a particular esoteric discipline.
    • Many people who disapprove of alcohol are actually terrified of losing control, which is the attitude of a nonadept.2003, Kala Trobe, The Witch's Guide to Life, page 96
    • A nonadept sacrifices God knows what, to set up a blockage even I can't Work through—'2013, Celia Friedman, Black Sun Rising

Adjective

nonadept (comparative more nonadept, superlative most nonadept)

  1. Not adept; unskilled.
    • One of the things that has bugged me a long time about strips—and it hasn't been solved yet—is that the comic artists seem to be totally nonadept at dealing with cultural diversity.1995, Jane Amari, quoted by Lee Nordling, Your Career in the Comics, page 110
    • The dialogs have a disorienting effect, stranding the nonadept Western reader somewhere between Sleeman's experienced poise and a touristic vertigo.2002, Margery Sabin, Dissenters and Mavericks, page 86

Examples of nonadept in a sentence

  • It is mysterious and appears sensually powerful to a nonadept.2018, Dinkar Goswami, Yogini: The Quest for the Gate:
  • At the same time, individuals trapped within institutional structures become increasingly nonadept at navigating extrainstitutional locations.2015, David T. Mitchell, Sharon L. Snyder, The Biopolitics of Disability, page 121:

Forms of nonadept

Noun
pluralnonadepts
Adjective
comparativemore nonadept
superlativemost nonadept

Origin of nonadept

From non- + adept.

Questions about nonadept

What does nonadept mean?
Nonadept means one who is not an adept, one who has not mastered a particular esoteric discipline.
How do you use nonadept in a sentence?
It is mysterious and appears sensually powerful to a nonadept.
What part of speech is nonadept?
Nonadept can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of nonadept?
The plural of nonadept is nonadepts.

Words near nonadept in the dictionary

  1. nonadenoid
  2. nonadenoma
  3. nonadenomas
  4. nonadentate
  5. nonadenylated
  6. nonadept
  7. nonadepts
  8. nonadequate
  9. nonadherence
  10. nonadherences
  11. nonadherent

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