inexperiencedin‧ex‧pe‧ri‧enced /ˌɪnɪkˈspɪəriənst◂ $ -ˈspɪr-/ ●○○ adjective 
Examples
inexperienced pilots
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- inexperienced drivers
- Inexperienced managers often have problems with their staff.
- I'm not going to take orders from some foolish inexperienced young man.
- She's too young and inexperienced to go abroad on her own.
- There are a lot of young, inexperienced players on the team.
Longman Language Activatornot knowing very much about life, people, and the world► inexperienced
Collocations · She's too young and inexperienced to go abroad on her own.· I'm not going to take orders from some foolish inexperienced young man.
► innocent having very little experience of the world, especially because you are young so that you do not realize that some people might want to cause others harm: · He's so innocent that anyone can take advantage of him.· Don't get her mixed up in your plan - she's just an innocent girl.
► naive having little experience of life, so that you believe that life is simple and are too ready to trust people: · I was so naive - I believed everything the military told me.· He held onto the naive belief that Marxism would solve all the world's problems.
► unsophisticated having little knowledge or experience of clever, fashionable things, and showing this by the way you talk and behave: · When she arrived in the city, she was just an unsophisticated country girl.· I felt very ignorant and unsophisticated when I was with my brother and his university friends.
► green having very little experience of an activity or job: · Even when I was 21 I was so green, I had no idea that my best friend was on drugs.· Pike was a grizzled combat veteran in charge of fifteen green recruits.
► babe in the woods someone who does not have much experience, and can easily be deceived: · Stop worrying about Lucia - she's no babe in the woods anymore.
not experienced in a particular job or activity► inexperienced someone who is inexperienced does not know much about a job or activity, either because they have not done it at all or because they have done it for only a short time: · Inexperienced managers often have problems with their staff.· There are a lot of young, inexperienced players on the team.
► lack experience to not have enough experience of doing a particular job or activity: · I know Sally lacks experience, but she's tremendously enthusiastic.lack experience of British: · If Glover lacks experience of management, why was he put in charge?lack experience doing something American: · He clearly lacked experience speaking before large groups.
► be new to something if you are new to a job or activity, you do not have much experience of doing it because you have only just started it: · As you are new to the job, we don't expect you to work as fast as the others.be new to the game (=to have no experience of an activity or a business): · They're new to the software game, so they're spending a lot on advertising.
► untrained someone who is untrained is doing a job or activity that they have not yet been officially taught to do: · Untrained nurses are not allowed to treat patients who are seriously ill.untrained in: · The records are confusing to anyone untrained in accounting.
► rookie American someone who is still new and inexperienced in an activity or job, especially in a sport, the army, or the police: · Don't be too hard on the guy, he's just a rookie.rookie pitcher/quarterback/agent/coach etc: · Mariucci is the first rookie coach in NFL history to win 11 games in a row.
► novice someone who has just started doing a particular job or activity and has very little or no experience: · The Eiger is a difficult mountain to climb. Novices should not attempt it.novice to: · If you're a novice to working with computer graphics, you should buy this CD-ROM.novice skier/user/driver etc: · Novice drivers are responsible for a large portion of all accidents.
► the uninitiated people who have no experience or knowledge of a difficult subject or skill - used in formal or humorous situations: to/for the uninitiated: · To the uninitiated, most computer systems seem complex and difficult to understand.· The classes are designed for the uninitiated, starting with the basics of car mechanics.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► an inexperienced driver
Word family (=who does not have much experience of driving)· Many accidents are caused by young or inexperienced drivers.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► relatively· The Soviets fielded a young and relatively inexperienced side and, as always, showed tremendous athleticism and an appetite for combat.· Provost said the boat operator had practiced the stunt but was relatively inexperienced.
► sexually· They were sexually inexperienced at marriage, and scared of babies.
► too· I was too inexperienced and nervous to understand the obviousness of his approach.· And he doesn't know what he's talking about: he's too young, too inexperienced, too Edward.· You know that as well as I. We are too young, too inexperienced.· She wondered whether Nathan was too inexperienced to carry this off.· And he's way too inexperienced at club level as a manager.· He was bewildered by McCann's behaviour and felt too inexperienced to accept nomination to the committee.· Parents may see danger when their children are too inexperienced to recognize it.· Damian considered her too inexperienced sexually to be able to fulfil that longing of his to express himself fully through the body.
NOUN► pilot· This would certainly be hazard in a cross wind and, to an inexperienced pilot, in any wind direction.
WORD FAMILYnounexperience ≠ inexperienceadjectiveexperienced ≠ inexperiencedverbexperience
not having had much experience: inexperienced pilots