"inexperienced" meaning in English

See inexperienced in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɪnəkˈspɪəriənst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inexperienced.wav [UK] Forms: inexperienced [positive], more inexperienced [comparative], most inexperienced [superlative]
enPR: ĭnəkspîr'ēənst Etymology: in- + experienced Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|in|experienced}} in- + experienced Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If someone is inexperienced, they do not have a lot of experience in it; they do not know much about it. Synonyms: green, wet behind the ears
    Sense id: simple-inexperienced-en-adj-vb465dgp
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with in-
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