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inexperience Definition

in·ex·peri·ence (in′ek spirē əns, -ik-)

noun

lack of experience or of the knowledge or skill resulting from experience

Etymology: Fr inexpérience < LL inexperientia

inexperience Related Forms

in′·ex·peri·enced adjective

inexperience Synonyms

inexperience

n.

inexperience Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • show: Not all of the company are ' young ' as I understand the word, but they all do show the inexperience of youth.
  • exploit: Here are some of the regulations that advertisers agree to: Advertisements should not exploit the inexperience or credulity of children.
  • drive: The campaign will continue in its attempts to reduce the grief of families who lose loved ones as a result of driving inexperience.
  • give: It's surprisingly technically mature given the inexperience of the director, and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to anyone.
  • overcome: The weight allowance is not enough to overcome the course inexperience.

Adjective modifier

  • relative: Susan Fletcher makes you feel she is an accomplished artist despite her relative inexperience.
  • youthful: As a result of both his youthful inexperience and his hasty composition the original version of The Rivals was not entirely successful.
  • political: The comment was not an indication of Mr Smith's political inexperience, a spokesman told us, it was meant rhetorically.
  • total: Every time we played through something different or unexpected happened because of our total inexperience and naivety.

Preposition: on

part: This may also result from inexperience on the part of the recipient.

Noun used with modifier

user: Trying to reboot into Safe mode failed - whether by user inexperience, or not - I am not sure.

Possessives

  • nolan: From day to of top-tier competitive nolan's inexperience at.
  • person: It costs nothing to be considerate and allow for the other person's inexperience.
  • people: Adverts must not take advantage of people's inexperience.

Preposition: in

  • matter: If a litigant argues that unfair advantage has been taken of her inexperience in financial matters, it is clear what she is alleging.
  • role: All three were impressive and showed no sign of inexperience in the roles - of course, they have plenty of experience elsewhere.

Preposition: of

  • staff: It says that prisoners in these jails expressed concerns about their safety due to the relative inexperience of staff.
  • youth: Even with the inexperience of youth, I was slightly reluctant to try either of these two shops.