Learn English – Term for a person with absolutely zero knowledge of a topic

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I'm looking for a term to describe someone who literally has zero knowledge of a topic. Initially I thought of using something like green field but that doesn't really describe the person, it really describes a situation.

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If you're looking for an informal word, consider newcomer. Merriam-Webster has:

newcomer(n): a person who has recently arrived somewhere or who has recently started a new activity

If you want something a little more formal and with perhaps a religious flavour, you can use neophyte:

neophyte(n): a person who has just started learning or doing something

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