INEXPERIENCE

inexperience, rawness

(noun) lack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience; “procedural inexperience created difficulties”; “their poor behavior was due to the rawness of the troops”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

inexperience (usually uncountable, plural inexperiences)

A lack of experience.

Antonyms

• experienced

Source: Wiktionary


In`ex*pe"ri*ence, n. Etym: [L. inexperientia, cf. F. inexpérience. See In- not, and Experience.]

Definition: Absence or want of experience; lack of personal and experimental knowledge; as, the inexperience of youth. Failings which are incident to youth and inexperience. Dryden. Prejudice and self-sufficiency naturally proceed from inexperience of the world, and ignorance of mankind. Addison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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