unadept

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ adept.

Noun

unadept (plural unadepts)

1. Someone who is not an adept.
   • 1818, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein:

     And thus for a time I was occupied by exploded systems, mingling, like an unadept, a thousand contradictory theories and floundering desperately in a very slough of multifarious knowledge […].

Adjective

unadept (comparative more unadept, superlative most unadept)

1. Not adept; unproficient.

Anagrams

• anted up, untaped