unexperience

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verb

To undo the act of experiencing something; to erase the memory of having experienced something.

OriginEnglish experience ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

unexperience1

noununexperience (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableObsolete form of inexperience.

unexperience2

verbunexperience (third-person singular simple present unexperiences, present participle unexperiencing, simple past and past participle unexperienced)

present singular third person unexperiences · participle present unexperiencing · participle past unexperienced · past unexperienced

  1. To undo the act of experiencing something; to erase the memory of having experienced something.

Origin

unexperience · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishexperience
  9. Englishunexperience

From un- (“lack of”) + experience (noun).

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unexperience · verb

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Germanic*anda-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*anda-
  5. Old Englishand-
  6. Old Englishon-
  7. Middle Englishon-
  8. Englishun-
  9. Englishexperience
  10. Englishunexperience

From un- (“inverse of”) + experience (verb).

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Cite this entry
APA

unexperience. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unexperience

MLA

“unexperience.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unexperience. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unexperience,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unexperience.

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