If you are inexperienced, you have little knowledge or experience of a particular situation or activity.
They are inexperienced when it comes to decorating.
Routine tasks are often delegated to inexperienced young doctors.
Synonyms: new, unskilled, untrained, green More Synonyms of inexperienced
Examples of 'inexperienced' in a sentence
inexperienced
That bench will strengthen in time as inexperienced players gain the necessary knowhow.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The report also said that readily available malicious code kits made it easy for relatively inexperienced hackers to mount attacks.
Computing (2010)
We have got an inexperienced team, especially in these conditions.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He was a young and inexperienced player, but he possessed the priceless knack of putting the team in the right place at the right time.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
None of his inexperienced players, nor his acclaimed stars, let him down.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We have given lots of latitude and flexibility with a young and inexperienced squad.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
You are an inexperienced player on your second tour.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We have committed the sin of an inexperienced team.
The Sun (2014)
The relatively inexperienced crew lost their bearings and flew into the sea.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
This is especially true if we are young and inexperienced in the ways of the world.
Crowley, Vivianne Phoenix From the Flame (1994)
There will be inexperienced players on the field for us but they are getting experience.
The Sun (2016)
It would be asking far too much from an inexperienced team which is clearly in transition.
The Sun (2011)
He was third in this last season when relatively inexperienced.
The Sun (2012)
At the time they were two inexperienced players and they have been tremendous this season.
The Sun (2014)
An inexperienced team will struggle if there is stick on the terraces.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
To get together a new side with a lot of inexperienced players as quickly as he hasdone speaks volumes.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But we were an inexperienced team and we simply could not cope when we were hit by a raft of injuries.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Nor are those players completely inexperienced.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
They are a very inexperienced team.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Frontline staff are often inexperienced and need strong managers asking the right questions, consistently getting involved.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Much of the management of these huge tasks was entrusted to young inexperienced Allied officers.
Grenville, J. A. S. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century (1994)
It won't be easy because we have a relatively inexperienced team.
The Sun (2010)
He is young, inexperienced and he is prone to court controversy.
The Sun (2012)
I look back on that as a time when we were young and inexperienced.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This was a new team with a relatively inexperienced manager focusing on recruiting up to 17 new team members.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
They are less likely to have to jet around the world for board meetings but often find themselves looking after a relatively inexperienced management team.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I think he was just a little bit inexperienced last time at Cheltenham.
The Sun (2008)
Parents may be the cause of the problem, their friends are often too inexperienced to help and teachers may be seen as being remote or too busy.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In the case of electronic equipment, for example, inexperienced service engineers often drive up the size of inventories by playing replacement roulette with spare parts.
Davidow, William H. & Uttal, Bro Total Customer Service (The Ultimate Weapon) (1990)
In other languages
inexperienced
British English: inexperienced /ˌɪnɪkˈspɪərɪənst/ ADJECTIVE
If you are inexperienced, you have little or no experience of a particular activity.
...an easy-to-use program for inexperienced computer users.
American English: inexperienced
Arabic: قَلِيلُ الـخِبْرَةُ
Brazilian Portuguese: inexperiente
Chinese: 缺乏经验的
Croatian: neiskusan
Czech: nezkušený
Danish: uerfaren
Dutch: onervaren
European Spanish: inexperto
Finnish: kokematon
French: inexpérimenté
German: unerfahren
Greek: άπειρος χωρίς πείρα
Italian: inesperto
Japanese: 経験のない
Korean: 미숙한
Norwegian: uerfaren
Polish: niedoświadczony
European Portuguese: inexperiente
Romanian: lipsit de experiență
Russian: неопытный
Latin American Spanish: inexperto
Swedish: oerfaren
Thai: ไม่มีประสบการณ์
Turkish: deneyimsiz
Ukrainian: недосвідчений
Vietnamese: thiếu kinh nghiệm
Chinese translation of 'inexperienced'
inexperienced
(ɪnɪkˈspɪərɪənst)
adj
无(無)经(經)验(驗)的 (wú jīngyàn de)
(adjective)
Definition
having no knowledge or experience of a particular situation, activity, etc.
They are inexperienced when it comes to decorating.
Synonyms
new
unskilled
Most of those who left the province to work abroad were unskilled.
untrained
It is nonsense to say we have untrained staff dealing with emergencies.
green
He was a young lad, very green and immature.
fresh
The soldiers were fresh recruits.
amateur
raw
He is still raw but his potential shows.
unfamiliar
She grew many plants that were unfamiliar to me.
unused
callow
Although he's 25, he still behaves like a callow youth in some ways.
immature
The birds were in immature plumage.
unaccustomed
He comforted me with unaccustomed gentleness.
untried
unschooled
wet behind the ears (informal)
unacquainted
unseasoned
unpractised
unversed
unfledged
new-hatched, unfledged courage
Opposites
seasoned
,
trained
,
experienced
,
skilled
,
familiar
,
practised
,
versed
,
tasty (British, informal)
,
knowledgeable
Additional synonyms
in the sense of callow
Definition
young and inexperienced
Although he's 25, he still behaves like a callow youth in some ways.