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• n  people who have not been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity
  it diverts the attention of the uninitiate
• s  not initiated; deficient in relevant experience
  it seemed a bizarre ceremony to uninitiated western eyes

• Off-putting or silly to the uninitiate, her messages inspire true believers.
• Most valuable ingredient in such publications is a feature, completely unintelligible to uninitiate readers, called a "past performance chart" which for every important race run .
• Only the uninitiate would complain that Seurat should have painted in strokes.

• uninitiated
• naive

• initiate