Definition of Ultracrepidarian

a person who acts like an expert but rarely knows any real information about the subject

Examples of Ultracrepidarian in a sentence

The ultracrepidarian talked about physics as if he were Stephen Hawking himself but had no real knowledge of the subject. 🔊

Every university class has an ultracrepidarian who speaks like he’s an expert on the subject but really has very little knowledge. 🔊

Bruce knew that the ultracrepidarian liked to use big words and pretend to know about complex ideas like quantum physics that she had never studied in her life. 🔊

Shane was the ultracrepidarian of the family who always had a comment about politics or current events without any facts or statistics to back it up. 🔊

Briana was an ultracrepidarian who acted like she was an authority on French food but had never even tasted a crepe or croissant before. 🔊

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