as in greenness
lack of experience
He blames his mistakes at the new job on inexperience.
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Recent Examples of inexperience
But Duke's collective size and athleticism -- inexperience be damned --overwhelmed the Tide from start to finish.
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
The 18-year-old Lewis-Skelly is having an outstanding debut season with the first team, but this was arguably the first moment in which his inexperience showed.
—James McNicholas, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said last year’s rise in SPARs could be attributed to both enhanced oversight by CPD sergeants as well as the relative inexperience of some officers who were cited.
—Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Kwan's inexperience led to a powerfully naturalistic performance, but also left her vulnerable to on set misunderstandings and even exploitation.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2025
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
The 18-year-old Lewis-Skelly is having an outstanding debut season with the first team, but this was arguably the first moment in which his inexperience showed.
—James McNicholas, The Athletic, 23 Feb. 2025
Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said last year’s rise in SPARs could be attributed to both enhanced oversight by CPD sergeants as well as the relative inexperience of some officers who were cited.
—Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Kwan's inexperience led to a powerfully naturalistic performance, but also left her vulnerable to on set misunderstandings and even exploitation.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for inexperience
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inexperience
Noun
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But this also speaks to the ignorance of those doing the projecting, who disregarded (in the case of Documenta 15) the complexities and nuances of Indonesian art, cultural policy, and history over the past thirty years.—
Diedrich Diederichsen,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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One of the key themes of Part II is the fact that everyone is only seeing things from their perspective; all these characters who are suffering loss and passing that suffering on to others are doing so in ignorance.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
27 May 2025
Noun
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Is there intimidation, naivete, fear of being alone?—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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On the contrary, the narrative voice mixes naivete and disbelief.—
Bartolomeo Sala,
The Dial,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Inexperience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexperience. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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