inexperiencedadj.
/ɪnɛkˈspɪərɪənst/ Not experienced; without experience; having no (or little) experience; lacking the knowledge or skill derived from experience. Const. in.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > unfamiliarity with, inexperience > [adjective]
unwistc1374
unknowna1393
ignorantc1475
imperfect1508
rawa1513
unskilfula1547
imperite?1550
illiterate1556
strange1561
unacquainted1565
green-headed1569
unacquainted1581
unacquaint1587
unfledged1603
inexperienced1626
guiltless1667
inexperient1670
unconversanta1674
unversed1675
uninitiated1678
a stranger to1697
uninitiate1801
inconversant1802
lay1821
griffish1836
wet behind the ears1851
neophytic1856
griffinish1860
experienceless1875
neophytish1897
wet-eared1967
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > inexperienced
youngOE
unfraisted?a1400
rudec1489
raw1534
unfleshed1542
untraded1542
fresh water?1548
unpractised1551
unexperienced1569
unacquainted1581
prenticea1586
fresh-watered1590
unsifted1604
unseen1606
unexperient1609
inexperienced1626
low water1643
inexperient1670
unproficient1794
nyoung1852
punk1907
raggedy-ass1930
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [adjective] > not used or accustomed > not used or experienced
youngOE
inexpertc1450
unfleshed1542
green1548
fresha1557
callow1580
pen-feathered1598
puisne1598
puny1602
unfledgeda1616
inexperienced1626
pin-feathered1641
sucking1648
infledgeda1661
inexperient1670
fledgeless1769
wet behind the ears1851
1626 W. Gouge Dignitie Chivalrie §18 Such as for want of former exercising were altogether inexperienced.
1776–96 W. Withering Brit. Plants (ed. 3) I. 116 The inexperienced botanist is not likely to encounter them at the commencement of his progress.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xvi. 193 We were not inexperienced in sledging over the ice.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > inexperience
rawness1548
novicie1582
inexperience1595
unexperience1611
unpractisedness1628
unexperiencedness1654
inexperiencedness1725
callowness1817
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > unfamiliarity with, inexperience > [noun] > state of
inexperiencedness1725
griffinage1829
greenhornism1831
uninitiation1834
neophytism1845
griffinhood1854
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [noun] > unaccustomedness to something > unfamiliarity or inexperience
inexperience1595
inexperiencedness1725
infamiliarity1866
unfamiliarity1880
1725 N. Bailey tr. Erasmus All Familiar Colloquies 449 The Damsel has these three things to plead in her Excuse; the Authority of her Parents, the Persuasion of her Friends, and the Unexperiencedness of her Age.
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