How to Use uninitiated in a Sentence

uninitiated

adjective
  • The uninitiated may have the sense that a couple of dozen of them are out there.
    — New York Times, 3 Aug. 2021
  • All valid questions for those uninitiated with the way cashews do their thing.
    — Ashley Hoffman, Time, 12 Sep. 2019
  • For the uninitiated, a grinder can be used for spices like oregano or rosemary, or for weed.
    — Lauren Rosenblatt, oregonlive, 27 Sep. 2022
  • For those uninitiated, the McRib is sort of a big deal.
    — Dallas Morning News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • To the uninitiated, his lab now looks like something out of a horror flick.
    — Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2021
  • For the uninitiated, Lee has worked in clubs and pubs for her entire life.
    — Vogue, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Skyr, for the uninitiated, is a dairy product that looks like yogurt but tastes milder.
    — Ana Veciana-Suarez, miamiherald, 21 May 2018
  • For the uninitiated, that's when a gymnast does two backflips and twists three times in the air.
    — Christopher Ros, Glamour, 21 July 2021
  • To the uninitiated, the tableau at the checkpoint looks out of control.
    — Robert Draper, National Geographic, 17 June 2019
  • And to the uninitiated, perhaps Game 3 was a low point of sorts.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2021
  • That may not be the most inviting route into the subject’s life and work for the uninitiated.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 8 Sep. 2021
  • For the uninitiated, a Dutch baby is a large baked pancake akin to a popover.
    — Ileana Morales Valentine, Tampa Bay Times, 20 Feb. 2017
  • That said, for the uninitiated, the menu can prove overwhelming.
    — Lindsey McClave, The Courier-Journal, 6 Sep. 2017
  • See, for the uninitiated in the sneaker world, every white sneaker may seem the same.
    — Banu Ibrahim, CNN Underscored, 8 July 2020
  • For the uninitiated, this is the term applied to removal of dead flowers.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 25 July 2019
  • For the uninitiated, a sump pump is simply a submersible electric pump that sits in a hole, called the sump pit.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 17 Mar. 2021
  • For the uninitiated, jai alai may sound like the new pro sports league on the block akin to that of ultimate or cornhole.
    — Fox News, 9 Aug. 2022
  • For the uninitiated, the process of booking a safari can be daunting.
    — Lindsay Silberman, Town & Country, 14 Nov. 2018
  • For the uninitiated, keep an eye on a couple of factors at the beginning of each race.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2021
  • To the uninitiated, hearing a Screw tape for the first time can be unsettling.
    — Santi Elijah Holley, Washington Post, 23 May 2022
  • For the uninitiated, oil pulling is an ayurvedic technique that promises to pull toxins from the body and to help with teeth whitening.
    — Lane Florsheim, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Sweet and salty, these Honeyed Almonds are a great recipe for the uninitiated.
    — Meredith Deeds, Star Tribune, 25 Dec. 2020
  • For the uninitiated, slime is a stretchy, goopy mixture of glue, borax, and food coloring that’s easy to mix up and fun to play with.
    — Dan Kois, Slate Magazine, 12 May 2017
  • For the uninitiated, this two-in-one tool combines the power of a dryer and the volume of a styler for a quick and easy at-home blowout.
    — Sarah Han, Allure, 22 June 2021
  • The uninitiated may notice nothing, but this is one of the bitterest fronts in the British class war.
    — Matthew Sweet, The Economist, 4 Dec. 2020
  • Mezcal, for the uninitiated, is a Mexican spirit made from the hearts of the agave plant.
    — Kristin Tice Studeman, Vogue, 1 May 2018
  • For the uninitiated, Baby Foot is an at-home foot peel that comes in the form of a disposable bootie.
    — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 27 Mar. 2021
  • To the uninitiated, this process may appear a bit like magic—a wave of the hands, a tap of a touch screen and, presto, a rabbit is pulled from a quantum hat.
    — Neil Savage, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2019
  • For the uninitiated, here's a breakdown of Paint Your Life's services.
    — CNN Underscored, 25 June 2020
  • There’s a lot to learn here for the young and uninitiated about physics and the properties of cement and steel and the like, but in its own structure the book shows signs of strain.
    — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022

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