noun
inexperience
noun
1
A lack of knowledge or skill that comes from not having done something before.
"Her inexperience showed when she froze during the live broadcast."
"The team's youth and inexperience cost them the match."
How to Use Inexperience
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishNot having done something before, and it showing.
Common pairings
youthful inexperience
due to inexperience
betray inexperience
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Etymology
From French inexpérience, from Late Latin inexperientia.