inexperienced
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of inexperienced
First recorded in 1620–30; inexperience + -ed 2
Vocabulary lists containing inexperienced
Example Sentences
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Great Britain have not reached the knockout stage of the competition since 2023, and they will have to do so this time with an inexperienced team.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Leny Yoro and Ayden Heaven looked like the inexperienced defenders they are.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
Experience comes from being allowed to be inexperienced.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
"The government may be inexperienced, but it has done its best," said Prakash Aryal, who has been searching morgues for his sister and her family, speaking to AFP at a Kathmandu hospital.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
In all of my previous examples of bad writing I picked on easy marks: deadline-pressured journalists, stuffy academics, corporate hacks, the occasional inexperienced student.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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