inexpert

[ in-eks-purt, in-ik-spurt ]

/ ɪnˈɛks pɜrt, ˌɪn ɪkˈspɜrt /

not expert; unskilled.

Origin of inexpert

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Latin word inexpertus. See in-³, expert

in·ex·pert·ly, adverb in·ex·pert·ness, noun

But even this significant lettering was often so inexpertly executed as to serve no decorative purpose whatever.

The Army Mule and Other War Sketches |Henry A. Castle
Mrs. Pocket acted on the advice, and inexpertly danced the infant a little in her lap, while the other children played about it.

Great Expectations |Charles Dickens
The darkness lifted veil by veil, not gradually, but by a series of leaps as when some one inexpertly turns a wick.

Incredible Adventures |Algernon Blackwood
The gangway-port opened, and the Academy band struck up, enthusiastically if inexpertly, as he descended to the dock.

The Cosmic Computer |Henry Beam Piper

He was lanky, with a balding pate, and sported a failed attempt at a moustache, inexpertly daubed on his freckled face.

The Capgras Shift |Sam Vaknin

inexpert

/ (ɪnˈɛkspɜːt) /

not expert; unskilled or unskilful; inept

inexpertly, adverb inexpertness, noun