uninitiated

It is true that basing a fiction on a lot of arcane knowledge runs the risk of leaving the uninitiated confused or simply unengaged.

For the uninitiated, what exactly does a set decorator do?

Traders and brokerage firms have always used jargon and slang that sound like gibberish to the uninitiated.

For the uninitiated, “Cabaret” begins with a marionette-like male character named the Emcee, the omnipresent master of ceremonies of an underground Kit Kat Club in 1931 Berlin, smiling into a warped mirror.

For the uninitiated, manga is the Japanese word for comics and graphic novels — meaning it’s a medium and not a genre.