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  • noun A person who is not an expert.

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non- +‎ expert

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Examples

  • In none of those fields have I found stubbornly inconsistent opinions of stubbornly ignorant people (people who choose to remain so nonexpert that not only can't they paraphrase the standard model, they can't even pick a paraphrase of the standard model out of a lineup) to be a useful warning of incorrectness.

    The Myth of the Rational Voter, Sowell Edition, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • There are lots of tax-saving strategies or potential pitfalls that a nonexpert may not be familiar with.

    Taking Charge of Your Assets Glenn Ruffenach 2011

  • As a nonexpert on the subject, I find that she is too generous to Augustine.

    Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

  • Unfortunately, Mr. Pennebaker's attempts to relay these results to a nonexpert audience sometimes get in his own way.

    'I' Is a Window To the Soul 2011

  • As a nonexpert on the subject, I find that she is too generous to Augustine.

    Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

  • Becker was particularly skeptical, pointing to the danger of having nonexpert people, each with an agenda and a narrow fact base, influencing something that, to him, should have been decided by the top management of the firm.

    The Power of Co-Creation Venkat Ramaswamy 2010

  • Becker was particularly skeptical, pointing to the danger of having nonexpert people, each with an agenda and a narrow fact base, influencing something that, to him, should have been decided by the top management of the firm.

    The Power of Co-Creation Venkat Ramaswamy 2010

  • Becker was particularly skeptical, pointing to the danger of having nonexpert people, each with an agenda and a narrow fact base, influencing something that, to him, should have been decided by the top management of the firm.

    The Power of Co-Creation Venkat Ramaswamy 2010

  • For a nonexpert (like me), it's almost impossible to pass judgement on whose cost analysis to believe.

    Health Care Reform Sell-Out: Why Obama and the Democrats are Either Shysters or Idiots 2009

  • For a nonexpert (like me), it's almost impossible to pass judgement on whose cost analysis to believe.

    Health Care Reform Sell-Out: Why Obama and the Democrats are Either Shysters or Idiots 2009

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