inexperienced

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/ɪnəkˈspɪəɹi.ənst/

adjective

Not experienced; lacking knowledge because lacking experience.

“Veteran Wiktionary editors frustrated with inexperienced newcomers should remember that they were once in that position.”

Opposite
Less commonScrabble 25

Meanings

adjectiveinexperienced (comparative more inexperienced, superlative most inexperienced)

comparative more inexperienced · superlative most inexperienced

  1. Not experienced; lacking knowledge because lacking experience.

    Veteran Wiktionary editors frustrated with inexperienced newcomers should remember that they were once in that position.

    1 more example

    A group of young, inexperienced volunteers was tasked with securing much-needed medical supplies for hospitals fighting coronavirus, hampering the government’s response to a growing pandemic, according to reports by The New York Times and The Washington Post.

    2020 May 6, Veronica Stracqualursi, “Reports: Inexperience and cronyism slowed Kushner-led efforts to procure medical supplies”, in CNN

    Synonyms: nonexperienced, unexperienced, green, callow, experienceless, unexperienced, fresh, green

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivelacking practical experience or training

Opposite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Englishexperience
  8. Englishexperienced
  9. Englishinexperienced

From in- + experienced.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Ancient Greek ἄπειρος
  • ἄπειρος (ápeiros)not experienced
Bengali বেওয়াকেফ
  • বেওয়াকেফ (beōẇakeph)not experienced
Bulgarian неопитен
  • неопитен (neopiten)not experienced
Catalan inexpert
  • inexpertnot experienced
Chinese Mandarin 沒經驗 /没经验
  • 沒經驗 /没经验 (méijīngyàn)not experienced
Czech nezkušený
  • nezkušenýnot experienced
Finnish kokematon
  • kokematonnot experienced
French inexpérimenté
  • inexpérimenténot experienced
German unerfahren
  • unerfahrennot experienced
Greek άπειρος
  • άπειρος (ápeiros)not experienced
Hindi अनुभवहीन
  • अनुभवहीन (anubhavhīn)not experienced
Hungarian tapasztalatlan, gyakorlatlan
  • tapasztalatlannot experienced
  • gyakorlatlannot experienced
Irish anársa
  • anársanot experienced
Italian imperito, inesperto
  • imperitonot experienced
  • inespertonot experienced
  • sprovvedutonot experienced
  • incompetentenot experienced
  • impreparatonot experienced
Japanese 経験のない
  • 経験のない (keiken no nai)not experienced
Latin imperītus
  • imperītusnot experienced
Māori ihupiro, ihupuku
  • ihupironot experienced
  • ihupukunot experienced
  • ihu hūpēnot experienced
Norwegian Bokmål uerfaren
  • uerfarennot experienced
Polish niedoświadczony, niewprawny
  • niedoświadczonynot experienced
  • niewprawnynot experienced
Portuguese inexperiente
  • inexperientenot experienced
Russian нео́пытный, неискушённый
  • нео́пытный (neópytnyj)not experienced
  • неискушённый (neiskušónnyj)not experienced
  • безо́пытный (bezópytnyj)not experienced
Slovak neskúsený
  • neskúsenýnot experienced
Spanish inexperto, tortolito
  • inexpertonot experienced
  • tortolitonot experienced
  • inexperienciadonot experienced
  • poco experienciadonot experienced
  • nada experienciadonot experienced
Swedish oerfaren
  • oerfarennot experienced
Turkish toy, çaylak
  • toynot experienced
  • çaylaknot experienced
  • deneyimsiznot experienced
  • aceminot experienced
  • tecrübesiznot experienced
Ukrainian недосві́дчений
  • недосві́дчений (nedosvídčenyj)not experienced
Cite this entry
APA

inexperienced. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inexperienced

MLA

“inexperienced.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inexperienced. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inexperienced,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inexperienced.

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