"inexperience" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: inexperiences [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French inexpérience, from Late Latin inexperientia. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|inexpérience}} French inexpérience, {{der|en|LL.|la|inexperientia}} Late Latin inexperientia Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} inexperience (usually uncountable, plural inexperiences)
  1. A lack of experience. Tags: uncountable, usually Derived forms: inexperienced Translations (lack of experience): ἀπειρία (apeiría) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), недасве́дчанасць (njedasvjédčanascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), нео́питност (neópitnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), nezkušenost [feminine] (Czech), onervarenheid [feminine] (Dutch), kokemattomuus (Finnish), kokemuksen puute (Finnish), inexpérience [feminine] (French), inexperiencia [feminine] (Galician), Unerfahrenheit [feminine] (German), απειρία (apeiría) [feminine] (Greek), tapasztalatlanság (Hungarian), ainchleachtadh [masculine] (Irish), aineolas [masculine] (Irish), easpa taithí [feminine] (Irish), easpa cleachtaidh [feminine] (Irish), neamhchleachtadh [masculine] (Irish), neamhoilteacht [feminine] (Irish), neamhthaithí [feminine] (Irish), núíosacht [feminine] (Irish), imperītia [feminine] (Latin), неискуство (neiskustvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), ihupiro (Maori), ihupuku (Maori), brak doświadczenia [masculine] (Polish), нео́пытность (neópytnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), neskúsenosť [feminine] (Slovak), neizkušenost [feminine] (Slovene), inexperiencia [feminine] (Spanish), bisoñez [feminine] (Spanish), oerfarenhet [common-gender] (Swedish), недосві́дченість (nedosvídčenistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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