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- noun A person who is not an
expert .
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Examples
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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.
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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
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As a nonexpert on the subject, I find that she is too generous to Augustine.
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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Unfortunately, Mr. Pennebaker's attempts to relay these results to a nonexpert audience sometimes get in his own way.
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As a nonexpert on the subject, I find that she is too generous to Augustine.
Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011
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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
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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
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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
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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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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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