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 inexperience and unfamiliarity of playing with one another started to become less of an issue.
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Dean Spiros, Twin Cities, 5 Mar. 2026
Smith has spent the past two seasons as the club’s go-to fill-in man but is now the lead candidate to replace Gold Glove-winner Marcus Semien at second base despite relative inexperience at the position.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 27 Feb. 2026
Glenn exchanged inexperience for veteran coaches such as offensive coordinator Frank Reich and quarterbacks coach Bill Musgrave.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2026
Prosecutors say the defendant failed to take into account his girlfriend’s inexperience in mountain climbing as well as the harsh winter conditions.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026
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Dean Spiros, Twin Cities, 5 Mar. 2026
Smith has spent the past two seasons as the club’s go-to fill-in man but is now the lead candidate to replace Gold Glove-winner Marcus Semien at second base despite relative inexperience at the position.
—Shawn McFarland, Dallas Morning News, 27 Feb. 2026
Glenn exchanged inexperience for veteran coaches such as offensive coordinator Frank Reich and quarterbacks coach Bill Musgrave.
—Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2026
Prosecutors say the defendant failed to take into account his girlfriend’s inexperience in mountain climbing as well as the harsh winter conditions.
—Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inexperience
Noun
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Estimates of tundra greenness — a key indicator of warming — are one example of the cost of all this.—
Lara Williams,
Twin Cities,
22 Jan. 2026
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Satellite data shows that tundra vegetation productivity – known as tundra greenness – hit its third-highest level in the 26-year record in 2025, part of a trend driven by longer growing seasons and warmer temperatures.—
Matthew L. Druckenmiller,
The Conversation,
16 Dec. 2025
Noun
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For most of its history and prehistory, the human race has lived in various states of ignorance and wonder.—
Robert Pogue Harrison,
The New York Review of Books,
19 Mar. 2026
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Keenan had spent time in the Peace Corps and had drifted around the world afterward, coming away with the conception that Americans’ ignorance of other cultures had led the country directly into the wood chipper of Vietnam.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Inexperience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexperience. Accessed 27 Mar. 2026.
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