as in greenness
lack of experience
He blames his mistakes at the new job on inexperience.
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Recent Examples of inexperience
Can Miami’s pass rush compensate for the inexperience of the cornerbacks?
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Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2025
However, their inexperience, not to mention their lack of shot-making when the pace slows down, cost them in the playoffs.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Look pessimistically, and perhaps the inexperience is too much of a barrier.
—Jake Ciely, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
With a deal for Brentford’s Yoane Wissa at an impasse and Callum Wilson long gone after his contract expired, young Will Osula was the only specialist striker available, but his inexperience meant Howe preferred playing Gordon in a reshuffle of his attack.
—Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
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Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2025
However, their inexperience, not to mention their lack of shot-making when the pace slows down, cost them in the playoffs.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
Look pessimistically, and perhaps the inexperience is too much of a barrier.
—Jake Ciely, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
With a deal for Brentford’s Yoane Wissa at an impasse and Callum Wilson long gone after his contract expired, young Will Osula was the only specialist striker available, but his inexperience meant Howe preferred playing Gordon in a reshuffle of his attack.
—Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inexperience
Noun
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Knowledge-wise, science may be advancing, but, politically, its powers of persuasion are in retreat, in a moment defined, in many ways, by ignorance and narrow-minded grievance.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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The best romance fiction has the ability to fundamentally change the genre at its core, offering happy endings where only ignorance has existed.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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In today’s digital world, jobs that require teens to disconnect from screens and interact face-to-face mean more time engaged in the real world around less time extricated in virtual naivete.—
Rachel Greszler,
Boston Herald,
31 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, there’s an endearing naiveté to Hechinger’s performance.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Inexperience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexperience. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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