inexperienced

UK/ɪnəkˈspɪəɹi.ənst/US/ɪnəkˈspɪəɹi.ənst/

adjectiveB2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #7,827 of 15,258neutral

Inexperienced means not yet having done something enough to be good at it. An inexperienced driver, young and inexperienced, inexperienced at this.

It is a statement of fact rather than an insult, which is what separates it from incompetent. Insurance treats it as a measurable risk, and an inexperienced driver pays several times as much.

Definitions of inexperienced

1adjectiveinexperiencedNot yet having done something enough to be good at it.B2+
“The inexperienced young teacher struggled to control the noisy class.”

inexperienced is a quality.

Where it comes from

From in- + experienced.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

inexperienced in the wild

In 1538, he handed over the Amago clan to his grandson Amago Haruhisa and three years later, Tsunehisa died from illness, fearing young Haruhisa might be too inexperienced.
Amago Tsunehisa
The inexperienced Spiral Traveller continued the Renaissance- and Baroque-inspired sound of "Todeswunsch - Sous le soleil de Saturne", but with tighter arrangements and the re-introduction of drum machines.
The Inexperienced Spiral Traveller
Yorkshire won the County Championship, and England easily defeated an inexperienced Pakistan team.
1962 English cricket season
Relatively inexperienced at the time, Spielberg believed that Slipstream could be made for $5,000.
Slipstream (unfinished film)
The Nuttall Encyclopedia defines the term as "name given in Australia to a green-horn from England inexperienced in bush life".
Jackaroo

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