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unpracticed

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un⋅prac⋅ticed

  [uhn-prak-tist]
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–adjective
1. not trained or skilled; inexpert: an unpracticed actor.
2. not practiced; not usually or generally used or done; not put into effect.
Also, especially British, un⋅prac⋅tised.

Origin:
1530–40; un- 1 + practiced
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un·prac·ticed   (ŭn-prāk'tĭst)   
adj.  

  1. Not yet tested or tried.

  2. Lacking the benefit of experience; unskilled.

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Word Origin & History

unpracticed 
1551, from un- (1) "not" + pp. of practice (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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