Lacking knowledge (of something); unknowing; not knowing how. Obsolete.

Not knowing; not possessing knowledge or understanding. Cf. unknowing, adj. 1. Obsolete. Uninformed, unaware. Obsolete.

With in: not acquainted with or knowledgeable about a subject; unskilled in.

Originally Scottish. Of a person: deficient in knowledge or competence; not fully accomplished, versed, or trained in a subject. Also (now only)…

Of a person (also occasionally of an animal): inexperienced; unskilled, untrained; naive. Cf. Johnny Raw, n. Without complement.

Ignorant of something. Also with infinitive or subordinate clause. Obsolete.

Lacking in knowledge or education; ignorant, unskilled. Cf. perite, adj.

Of persons: Ignorant of letters or literature; without book-learning or education; unlettered, unlearned; spec. (in reference to census returns…

Of a person: Unfamiliar or unacquainted with something (specified or implied); †inexperienced or unversed in; fresh or unaccustomed to; unpractised…

Of persons (rarely of things): Having no acquaintance with (= knowledge of) something.

Raw, inexperienced. Obsolete.

Without const.: Inexperienced; ignorant. Also with that and clause.

= unacquainted, adj. (Usually const. with.)

Of persons: Immature, inexperienced, undeveloped in knowledge, etc.

Not experienced; without experience; having no (or little) experience; lacking the knowledge or skill derived from experience. Const. in.

Having no acquaintance, dealings, or familiarity with, no experience or use of (something). Const. of. (Cf. innocent, adj. 2c and guilty, adj. 2c.)

Not having experience; = inexperienced, adj.

(un-, prefix1 affix 1.)

Inexperienced.

(un-, prefix1 affix 2) Also absol.

Predicatively, a stranger to ——: Unacquainted with, ignorant of. (Distinct from sense 4.) Unacquainted with (a person, place, book, etc.). Obsolete.

= uninitiated, adj.

Not conversant; not versed in or familiar with.

Transferred senses. Non-professional, not expert, esp. with reference to law and medicine.

Like a ‘griff’, inexperienced, ‘green’.

wet behind the ears: naive, inexperienced, immature.

characteristic of or designating a neophyte.

Anglo-Indian. Indicative of the ‘griffin’ (griffin, n.2).

Having no experience.

characteristic of a neophyte.

= wet behind the ears at ear, n.1 phrases 1b(b).