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Answer for the clue "Not practiced ", 10 letters:
unskillful

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unskillful \Un*skill"ful\, a. [Spelt also unskilful.] Not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician. Lacking discernment; injudicious; ignorant. Though it make the unskillful laugh, can not ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also unskilful , late 14c., "foolish," from un- (1) "not" + skillful (adj.). Meaning "inexpert" is from 1560s. Related: Unskillfully .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. poorly done; "a botchy piece of work"; "it was an unskillful attempt" [syn: botchy , butcherly ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Not skillful. alt. Not skillful.

Usage examples of unskillful.

The Abbasids, cleverer politicians than the notoriously unskillful Alids, made use of the Alid propaganda to secure the booty to themselves at the right moment.