3 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

inexperienced

adjective

1: lacking practical experience or training [ant: {experienced}]

2: lacking basic knowledge; "how can someone that age be so ignorant?"; "inexperienced and new to the real world" [syn: {ignorant}]

3: lacking experience of life; "a callow youth of seventeen" [syn: {callow}, {naive}, {unsophisticated}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Inexperienced \In'ex*pe"ri*enced\, adjective Not having experience; unskilled; naive. ''Inexperienced youth.'' --Cowper.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

106 Moby Thesaurus words for "inexperienced": a novice at, a stranger to, artless, awkward, befoolable, blankminded, born yesterday, budding, callow, dewy, disaccustomed, dumb, empty, empty-headed, foolable, fresh, gauche, green, green as grass, groping, growing, gullible, ignorant, immature, impubic, inane, indefensible, inept, inexpert, inexpiable, ingenuous, innocent, intact, juicy, know-nothing, minor, naive, nescient, new to, new-fledged, prentice, raw, ripening, rude, rusty, sappy, simple, strange to, tender, tentative, unaccustomed, unaccustomed to, unacquainted, unacquainted with, unadult, unapprized, uncomprehending, unconversant, unconversant with, underage, undeveloped, unenlightened, unexperienced, unfamiliar, unfamiliar with, unfledged, unforgivable, unformed, unhabituated, unhardened, unilluminated, uninformed, uninitiated, uninitiated in, unintelligent, uninured, unjustifiable, unknowing, unlicked, unmatured, unmellowed, unpardonable, unposted, unpracticed, unpracticed in, unripe, unschooled, unseasoned, unskilled, unskilled in, unsophisticated, unsure, untenable, untrained, untried, unused, unused to, unversed, unversed in, unwonted, unworldly, vacuous, vernal, virginal, weaned, young

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