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neophyte

[nee-uh-fahyt] / ˈni əˌfaɪt /


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How did a dusty old breakup lament become a hit for Francis, a neophyte?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Unlike, say, Illinois or New Jersey, which elected billionaire neophyte JB Pritzker and multimillionaire Frank Lautenberg, as, respectively, governor and U.S. senator.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025

The neophyte effects company bungled the pricing from the storyboards, however, not understanding they had to cut back several times to the same shots, sending the sequence 500% over budget.

From Salon • Mar. 23, 2025

But when production started, Guadagnino was a neophyte: “I was completely ignorant about tennis,” he said.

From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2024

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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