| inexperience | (n) lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience, Syn. rawness, Ant. experience, Example: procedural inexperience created difficulties; their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops |
| inexperienced | (adj) lacking practical experience or training, Syn. inexperient, Ant. experienced |
| Inexperience | n. [ L. inexperientia, cf. F. inexpérience. See In- not, and Experience. ] Absence or lack of experience; lack of personal and experimental knowledge; Failings which are incident to youth and inexperience. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] Prejudice and self-sufficiency naturally proceed from inexperience of the world, and ignorance of mankind. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Inexperienced | a. Not having experience; unskilled; naive. “Inexperienced youth.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ] |