inexpertise

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noun

A lack of expertise.

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Meanings

nouninexpertise (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA lack of expertise.

    I thus understand Lang and Judge's embrace of ignorance and inexpertise to be a form of political mediation, and their brand of irony a promising model for the new reality described above—in which, for instance, knowledge about climate change does not necessarily lead to action.

    2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 35

Origin

From in- + expertise.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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