neophyte
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But it may be enough to scare off a neophyte.
From Salon • Aug. 3, 2025
“Not to sound like some kind of neophyte, but I thought that when you choose to love someone, you love that person. You build a family with them and you trust them.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025
But when production started, Guadagnino was a neophyte: “I was completely ignorant about tennis,” he said.
From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2024
Salaam is a political neophyte whose skill as an operator within the byzantine universe of the city’s municipal government is completely untested.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2023
Although neophyte writers may repeat a simple sentence structure to the point of inanity, most writers go to the opposite extreme and vary their syntax capriciously.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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