inexperience

[ in-ik-speer-ee-uh ns ]

/ ˌɪn ɪkˈspɪər i əns /

lack of experience.

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

Origin of inexperience

From the Late Latin word inexperientia, dating back to 1590–1600. See in-³, experience

Occasionally, his inexperience betrayed him into raw deals but, taken overall, he worked well for them.

What It Was Like to Watch the Beatles Become the Beatles—Nik Cohn Remembers |Nik Cohn |February 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Later, Mae complained to reporters about the “inexperience of the director,” but somehow found time to stroke her fan base.

When Hollywood Flirted with Porn: 1969, ‘Myra Breckinridge,’ ‘Beyond the Valley of the Dolls,’ & 20th Century Fox |Robert Hofler |February 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A clearly rattled Walsh showed his inexperience as he began to answer anyway before being hushed from the bench.

Cannibal Cop May Be Saved by His Own Words |Michael Daly |February 28, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
He avoids the accusation of inexperience he would have faced in giving the nod to Marco Rubio.

Why Romney Picked Paul Ryan |Howard Kurtz |August 11, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

By running now, they would risk revealing their inexperience or tying themselves in too many Tea Party knots for future audiences.

The Upside of GOP Despair |Andrew Romano |June 3, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
The poor isolated girl fell unresistingly into the infamous snare spread for her inexperience: she believed and loved him.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 404, June, 1849 |Various
They are his appointed guardians, in the season of helplessness and inexperience.

Anecdotes for Boys |Harvey Newcomb
The girl, who showed her youth and inexperience in many little ways, regarded him with admiration unconcealed.

Armorel of Lyonesse |Walter Besant
To her inexperience desperate remedies had seemed so simple, so feasible—the factors of life so few and unentwined.

The Daughters of Danaus |Mona Caird
Heaven pardon me because of my youth, my ignorance, my inexperience!

Wife in Name Only |Charlotte M. Braeme (Bertha M. Clay)

inexperience

/ (ˌɪnɪkˈspɪərɪəns) /

lack of experience or of the knowledge and understanding derived from experience

inexperienced, adjective