inexperienced

[ in-ik-speer-ee-uhnst ]

/ ˌɪn ɪkˈspɪər i ənst /

not experienced; lacking knowledge, skill, or wisdom gained from experience.

Origin of inexperienced

First recorded in 1620–30; inexperience + -ed²

untrained, unskilled, inexpert, unpracticed; raw, green, naive, uninitiated.

As a result, the inexperienced can find themselves earning well below minimum wage, or abused by underhanded employers.

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This offers a kind draw to the Americans: Belgium, while eye-catching and talented, is also youthful and inexperienced.

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Yet, what separates Cunningham, herself young and inexperienced, from a woman studying?

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Winstead admits she was a tough boss, maybe too tough, inexperienced in delegating and fiercely protective of her vision.

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Only Halsted and his inexperienced “cook” were left standing.

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The facts as shown in this incident should prove of much worth to the experienced or inexperienced detective.

Practical Instruction for Detectives |Emmerson W. Manning
Young, giddy, inexperienced and wilful, she was cast headlong into the most profligate court of Christendom.

Carey & Hart's Catalog (1852) |Edward Carey
And thus you would seek to attract our youth, thus you would attempt to win the inexperienced hearts of our boys!

Fathers and Sons |Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
Salt-water pans are pellucid and clear, as the inexperienced may find at his cost.

Spinifex and Sand |David W Carnegie
"And your majesty is not inexperienced in such matters," laughed Suffolk.

Windsor Castle |William Harrison Ainsworth