inexpert
inex·pert
adjective
1.
lacking professional skill or expertise
- “a very amateurish job”
- “inexpert but conscientious efforts”
- “an unskilled painting”
Origin
From Middle English inexpert, inexperte, from in- (“not”) + expert, experte, or else from Middle French inexpert or its etymon Latin inexpertus. By surface analysis, in- (“not”) + expert.
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