as in greenness
lack of experience
He blames his mistakes at the new job on inexperience.
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Recent Examples of inexperience
Youth and inexperience While those four issues are the practical explanations for how the Red Sox keep losing one-run games, the primary underlying cause has been the team’s collective youth.
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 8 June 2025
That youth and inexperience was on display Saturday with multiple errors and errant throws on the base paths leading to runs.
—Michael Huntley, Oc Register, 24 May 2025
Those litigants generally have been treated leniently by judges who recognize their inexperience; they seldom are fined, though their cases may be dismissed.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Chelsea have spent the past two years assembling a team specifically designed for this stage, plugging gaps of inexperience with pure experience after losing to Barcelona twice by one-goal margins.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 8 June 2025
That youth and inexperience was on display Saturday with multiple errors and errant throws on the base paths leading to runs.
—Michael Huntley, Oc Register, 24 May 2025
Those litigants generally have been treated leniently by judges who recognize their inexperience; they seldom are fined, though their cases may be dismissed.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2025
Chelsea have spent the past two years assembling a team specifically designed for this stage, plugging gaps of inexperience with pure experience after losing to Barcelona twice by one-goal margins.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inexperience
Noun
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In a system built on civilian oversight of military and diplomatic power, ignorance becomes a liability.—
Nuri Kino,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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But while the veteran Pole lured out of retirement is expected to be offered an extension of his one-year contract which expires on June 30, Barça will reportedly try and force captain Ter Stegen out of the club amid the German’s claims of ignorance on the matter.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
Noun
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This is the result of naivete: Who would want to hurt little old us?—
Stephen Marche,
The Atlantic,
1 July 2025
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The secret is that Spike’s know-nothing naivete encourages us to see the world through the eyes of someone who’s new to every part of it.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
18 June 2025
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“Inexperience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexperience. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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