1. people who have not been initiated into or admitted to a particular group, organization, or area of knowledge
Usage: plural form

Examples

• The secret society’s rituals were incomprehensible to noninitiates.
• The professor explained complex theories in terms that noninitiates could understand.
• Only members were allowed in the meeting room; noninitiates had to wait outside.
• The technical jargon confused the noninitiates in the audience.
• The club’s traditions seemed strange to noninitiates.
• Noninitiates were not permitted to view the sacred texts.