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inexperience

inexperience

24 4.0
Not having enough skill or knowledge when doing something new
  • noun
  • /ˌɪnɪkˈspɪərəns/
translation icon : inexperiencia
  • The team's inexperience showed as they struggled to complete the project on time.
  • youth and inexperience
  • relative inexperience
  • lack of inexperience

One of the biggest mistakes we make is that we confuse inexperience with being unqualified.

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Examples

  • And there are even more trying to take advantage of my youth and inexperience.

  • In higher education, we generally believe that our students' inexperience with a discipline precludes their substantive engagement with it.

    Academic text (2006)
  • But what if, instead, we saw students' inexperience as an opportunity?

    Academic text (2006)
  • Maybe some of it came from my inexperience, but my desire to listen and hear people.

  • But along with her poor English, her inexperience was something the mothers seemed willing to put up with.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • The reality of student teaching is, in fact, a signal of the realm of inexperience.

    Academic text (1993)
  • I am not going to exploit my opponent's youth and inexperience.

  • However deep my inexperience runs, I truly believe Judge Kipler will save me from myself.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • The process posed unique challenges, given physicians' and unions' inexperience with each other.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Caleb suspected that his own failure in life could be ascribed to his inexperience.

    Fiction book (1996)

Synonyms

ignorance
vsinexperience
316 3.9

Not knowing about something or how it works

adds missing skill and poor judgment caused by not enough experience
ineptitude
vsinexperience
18 7.4

A lack of skill that makes someone do tasks badly

emphasizes missing judgment and broader lack of knowledge from little experience
naivety
vsinexperience
7 6.1

Lack of experience or common sense that makes someone trust others easily

focuses on lacking competence and judgment in a specific activity
ineptness
vsinexperience
3 6.4

Lack of skill that makes someone do things badly

is about lacking skill or judgment because of too little experience
unfamiliarity
vsinexperience
2 6.1

A lack of knowledge or experience with something

involves missing skill or judgment rather than mere lack of acquaintance
rawness
vsinexperience
1 5.6

Lack of experience or skill

is the identical meaning but differs only in word form
inaptitude
vsinexperience
  • Formal
8.2

Lack of ability to do a task or job well

is about lacking skill or judgment due to not enough experience
unskillfulness
vsinexperience
6.6

A state of not being good at doing something

includes missing judgment and results from not enough experience
unsophistication
vsinexperience
6.8

A lack of experience and knowledge of the wider world that makes a person seem simple

focuses on lacking practical skill and judgment in specific activities

Antonyms

1.5

Skill or knowledge you get by doing something over time

How Experienced

expertise
302 4.9
experience
1.5
competence
69 4.1
inexperience
24 4.0
naivety
7 6.1

Surface Forms

inexperience singular
inexperiences plural

Morphology

inexperience = experience (transparent) = in + experience

This is a standard negative noun formation meaning the absence or lack of experience.

Etymology

The word inexperience is made of the prefix in- meaning 'not' and experience meaning 'knowledge or skill you get from doing something'. So, inexperience is 'not having the knowledge or skill because you have not done something enough'.