inexperience

[ in-ik-speer-ee-uh ns ]

/ ˌɪn ɪkˈspɪər i əns /

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noun

lack of experience.

lack of knowledge, skill, or wisdom gained from experience.

Nearby words

inexhaustible, inexistent, inexorable, inexpedient, inexpensive, inexperience, inexperienced, inexpert, inexpiable, inexplainable, inexplicable

Origin of inexperience

From the Late Latin word inexperientia, dating back to 1590–1600. See in-³, experience

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Examples from the Web for inexperience

Occasionally, his inexperience betrayed him into raw deals but, taken overall, he worked well for them.
What It Was Like to Watch the Beatles Become the Beatles—Nik Cohn Remembers|Nik Cohn|February 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Later, Mae complained to reporters about the “inexperience of the director,” but somehow found time to stroke her fan base.
When Hollywood Flirted with Porn: 1969, ‘Myra Breckinridge,’ ‘Beyond the Valley of the Dolls,’ & 20th Century Fox|Robert Hofler|February 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A clearly rattled Walsh showed his inexperience as he began to answer anyway before being hushed from the bench.
Cannibal Cop May Be Saved by His Own Words|Michael Daly|February 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He avoids the accusation of inexperience he would have faced in giving the nod to Marco Rubio.
Why Romney Picked Paul Ryan|Howard Kurtz|August 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST

By running now, they would risk revealing their inexperience or tying themselves in too many Tea Party knots for future audiences.
The Upside of GOP Despair|Andrew Romano|June 3, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The poor isolated girl fell unresistingly into the infamous snare spread for her inexperience: she believed and loved him.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 404, June, 1849|Various
They are his appointed guardians, in the season of helplessness and inexperience.
Anecdotes for Boys|Harvey Newcomb
The girl, who showed her youth and inexperience in many little ways, regarded him with admiration unconcealed.
Armorel of Lyonesse|Walter Besant
To her inexperience desperate remedies had seemed so simple, so feasible—the factors of life so few and unentwined.
The Daughters of Danaus|Mona Caird
Heaven pardon me because of my youth, my ignorance, my inexperience!
Wife in Name Only|Charlotte M. Braeme (Bertha M. Clay)

British Dictionary definitions for inexperience

inexperience

/ (ˌɪnɪkˈspɪərɪəns) /

noun

lack of experience or of the knowledge and understanding derived from experience

Derived Formsinexperienced, adjective

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Word Origin and History for inexperience

inexperience

1590s, from French inexpérience (mid-15c.), from Late Latin inexperientia, from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + experientia (see experience).

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inexperience

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