neophyte

Example Sentences

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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

The result that probably stung the most was in the capital Athens, where a socialist-backed academic and political neophyte, Haris Doukas, beat incumbent Kostas Bakoyannis, with nearly 56% of the vote.

From Washington Times • Oct. 15, 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