nonspecialist
Example Sentences
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It can be hard for nonspecialist investors to distinguish the gems from the duds, or predict which companies are in line for government support.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
The cavalcade of place names and unit designations might be a challenge for the nonspecialist reader.
From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2021
Her descriptions, though simple enough for a nonspecialist to understand, were remarkably prescient.
From Scientific American • Nov. 10, 2018
Artenol’s mission, in part, is to talk about the arts in language intelligible to an educated, nonspecialist reader.
From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2015
By forgoing the vernacular in informal speech, she might come across as elitist, in the same way it might seem pretentious to purposefully use professional jargon when talking with a nonspecialist.
From Slate • Oct. 1, 2014
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
