untrained

Definitions

Not having received instruction or practice in a particular skill or field.

Lacking professional or formal training; inexperienced.

Not subjected to a process of discipline or conditioning.

Examples

The untrained eye might mistake the imitation for a genuine antique.

It is dangerous to let an untrained person operate heavy machinery.

Synonyms

unskilled inexperienced unqualified amateur unpracticed novice uninitiated

Antonyms

trained skilled experienced qualified professional expert practiced