inexperience Definition
in·ex·peri·ence (in′ek spir′ē 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·pe′ri·enced adjective
inexperience Synonyms
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
Browse dictionary entries near inexperience
- ‹ inexpensively
- ‹ inexpensive
- ‹ inexpedient
- ‹ inexorably
- ‹ inexorable
- ‹ inexistent
- ‹ inexhaustible
- ‹ inexertion
- ‹ inexcusably
- ‹ inexcusable
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- inexpiable ›
- inexplainable ›
- inexplicable ›
- inexplicit ›
- inexpressible ›
- inexpressive ›
- inexpugnable ›
- inextensible ›

