as in greenness
lack of experience
He blames his mistakes at the new job on inexperience.
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Recent Examples of inexperience
The Sun’s inexperience came with significant growing pains during training camp which will almost certainly continue into the start of the regular season, but Mabrey said she’s been the most encouraged by how willing the young players are to accept accountability.
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Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2025
First-time managers face identity shifts and emotional inexperience.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
One of the retired key city officials who worked with the couple said their inexperience worked against them.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025
But Duke's collective size and athleticism -- inexperience be damned --overwhelmed the Tide from start to finish.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
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Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2025
First-time managers face identity shifts and emotional inexperience.
—Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
One of the retired key city officials who worked with the couple said their inexperience worked against them.
—Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2025
But Duke's collective size and athleticism -- inexperience be damned --overwhelmed the Tide from start to finish.
—Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inexperience
Noun
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But this also speaks to the ignorance of those doing the projecting, who disregarded (in the case of Documenta 15) the complexities and nuances of Indonesian art, cultural policy, and history over the past thirty years.—
Diedrich Diederichsen,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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One of the key themes of Part II is the fact that everyone is only seeing things from their perspective; all these characters who are suffering loss and passing that suffering on to others are doing so in ignorance.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
27 May 2025
Noun
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Is there intimidation, naivete, fear of being alone?—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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On the contrary, the narrative voice mixes naivete and disbelief.—
Bartolomeo Sala,
The Dial,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Inexperience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexperience. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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