Meanings
plural inexperiences
- uncountableusuallyA lack of experience.
I failed to get the job due to inexperience.
1 more example
[…] wondering whether, with their inexperiences, their ineptitudes, and their vulgarities, they could long hold and control him.
2002, Robert Dance, Bruce Robertson, Ruth Harriet Louise and Hollywood Glamour Photography (page 68)Synonyms: viridity
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA lack of experience.
More synonyms by meaning
nounlack of experience and the knowledge and understanding derived from experience
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latininexperientia
- Frenchinexpérience
- Englishinexperience
Borrowed from French inexpérience, from Late Latin inexperientia.
More words from French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀπειρία
- ἀπειρία (apeiría)lack of experience
Bulgarian нео́питност
- нео́питност (neópitnost)lack of experience
Czech nezkušenost
- nezkušenostlack of experience
Dutch onervarenheid
- onervarenheidlack of experience
Finnish kokemattomuus, kokemuksen puute
- kokemattomuuslack of experience
- kokemuksen puutelack of experience
French inexpérience
- inexpériencelack of experience
German Unerfahrenheit
- Unerfahrenheitlack of experience
Greek απειρία
- απειρία (apeiría)lack of experience
Hindi अनुभवहीनता
- अनुभवहीनता (anubhvahīntā)lack of experience
Hungarian tapasztalatlanság, gyakorlatlanság
- tapasztalatlanságlack of experience
- gyakorlatlanságlack of experience
- járatlanságlack of experience
Irish ainchleachtadh, aineolas
- ainchleachtadhlack of experience
- aineolaslack of experience
- easpa taithílack of experience
- easpa cleachtaidhlack of experience
- neamhchleachtadhlack of experience
- neamhoilteachtlack of experience
- neamhthaithílack of experience
- núíosachtlack of experience
Latin imperītia
- imperītialack of experience
Māori ihupiro, ihupuku
- ihupirolack of experience
- ihupukulack of experience
Polish brak doświadczenia
- brak doświadczenialack of experience
Russian нео́пытность
- нео́пытность (neópytnostʹ)lack of experience
Slovak neskúsenosť
- neskúsenosťlack of experience
Spanish inexperiencia, bisoñez
- inexperiencialack of experience
- bisoñezlack of experience
- impericialack of experience
Swedish oerfarenhet
- oerfarenhetlack of experience
Turkish deneyimsizlik, tecrübesizlik
- deneyimsizliklack of experience
- tecrübesizliklack of experience
Ukrainian недосві́дченість
- недосві́дченість (nedosvídčenistʹ)lack of experience
Cite this entry
inexperience. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inexperience
“inexperience.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inexperience. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inexperience,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inexperience.
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