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unadept

unadept noun: someone who is not an adept.

Noun

unadept (plural unadepts)

  1. Someone who is not an adept.
    • And thus for a time I was occupied by exploded systems, mingling, like an unadept, a thousand contradictory theories and floundering desperately in a very slough of multifarious knowledge […].1818, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

Adjective

unadept (comparative more unadept, superlative most unadept)

  1. Not adept; unproficient.

Forms of unadept

Noun
pluralunadepts
Adjective
comparativemore unadept
superlativemost unadept

Origin of unadept

From un- + adept.

Questions about unadept

What does unadept mean?
Unadept means someone who is not an adept.
What part of speech is unadept?
Unadept can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of unadept?
The plural of unadept is unadepts.

Words near unadept in the dictionary

  1. unaddressing
  2. unadds
  3. unadducted
  4. unadenylated
  5. unadenylylated
  6. unadept
  7. unadepts
  8. unadequate
  9. unadequately
  10. unadherable
  11. unadhere

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