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inexperience

[ in-ik-speer-ee-uhns ]

noun

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


inexperience

/ ˌɪɪˈɪəɪəԲ /

noun

  1. lack of experience or of the knowledge and understanding derived from experience
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Derived Forms

  • ˌԱˈԳ, adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of inexperience1

From the Late Latin word inexperientia, dating back to 1590–1600. See in- 3, experience
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At the same time, given his inexperience, it perhaps would have been a good idea for the engineers to remind him of it.

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“So there’s going to be some really high highs, and then some things that you just don’t know that are gonna happen, because of his inexperience.”

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“I have absolutely no problem walking into the woods and walking straight,” the first-time feature director says, with a sheepish smile, about his relative screenwriting inexperience.

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Macdonald-Gay was rewarded with Sutherland's wicket but given her inexperience, she lacked the consistency to play a holding role for Heather Knight which led to the increased workload on Ecclestone.

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That misplaced faith in things like Kai Havertz's consistency, which I think is a symptom of inexperience, not arrogance or stubbornness, has left the team ill-equipped to handle fluctuations in form.

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