as in greenness
lack of experience
He blames his mistakes at the new job on inexperience.
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Recent Examples of inexperience
Ilia Malinin is figure skating’s ‘Quad God’ In 2022, a 17-year-old Ilia Malinin was left off the three-man Olympic team due to his inexperience despite placing second at the U.S. Championships.
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Nick Zaccardi, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2025
But officials noted that Jabbar made a crucial misstep by selecting explosive material designed to be set off by a detonator, and that using an electric match to set the explosives off instead was a sign of inexperience.
—Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
But Ware’s youth and inexperience have also been on display, especially recently.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
Some of that can be explained by the Horned Frogs inexperience.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2025
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Nick Zaccardi, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2025
But officials noted that Jabbar made a crucial misstep by selecting explosive material designed to be set off by a detonator, and that using an electric match to set the explosives off instead was a sign of inexperience.
—Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
But Ware’s youth and inexperience have also been on display, especially recently.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
Some of that can be explained by the Horned Frogs inexperience.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for inexperience
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“Inexperience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexperience. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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