out of practice

English

Prepositional phrase

out of practice

(of a person) Diminished in proficiency, especially in exercising a skill, due to disuse or a lack of recent experience.
I don't think I can play a tune on the piano any more; I'm completely out of practice.

Synonyms

rusty

Translations

(of a person) diminished in proficiency, especially in exercising a skill, due to disuse or a lack of recent experience

Galician: desadestrado m, desadestrada f
Hungarian: kijött a gyakorlatból
Polish: (wyjść) z wprawy
Spanish: desentrenado (es) m, desentrenada (es) f

References

“out of practice”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.

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