virgin soil

noun

Roget 491: ignorance, nescience, tabula rasa [Lat.], crass ignorance, ignorance crasse [Fr.]; unfamiliarity, unacquaintance^†; unconsciousness etc. adj.; darkness, blindness; incomprehension, inexperience, simplicity.    unknown quantities, x, y, z.    sealed book, terra incognita, virgin soil, unexplored ground; dark ages.    [Imperfect knowledge] smattering, sciolism^†, glimmering, dilettantism; bewilderment etc. (uncertainty) 475; incapacity.    [Affectation of knowledge] pedantry; charlatanry, charlatism^†; Philister^†, Philistine.    ... show more

Roget 674: non-preparation, absence of preparation, want of preparation; inculture^†, inconcoction^†, improvidence.    immaturity, crudity; rawness etc. adj.; abortion; disqualification.    [Absence of art] nature, state of nature; virgin soil, unweeded garden; neglect etc. 460.    rough copy etc. (plan) 626; germ etc. 153; raw material etc. 635.    improvisation etc. (impulse) 612.    ... show more

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