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inexperience - 4 dictionary results

in⋅ex⋅pe⋅ri⋅ence

[in-ik-speer-ee-uhns]
–noun
1. lack of experience.
2. lack of knowledge, skill, or wisdom gained from experience.

Origin:
1590–1600; < LL inexperientia. See in-3 experience
in·ex·pe·ri·ence   (ĭn'ĭk-spîr'ē-əns)   
n.  
  1. Lack of experience.
  2. Lack of the knowledge gained from experience.
in'ex·pe'ri·enced adj.

Inexperience

In`ex*pe"ri*ence\, n. [L. inexperientia, cf. F. inexp['e]rience. See In- not, and Experience.] Absence or want of experience; lack of personal and experimental knowledge; as, the inexperience of youth.

Failings which are incident to youth and inexperience. --Dryden.

Prejudice and self-sufficiency naturally proceed from inexperience of the world, and ignorance of mankind. --Addison.
Language Translation for : inexperience
Spanish: inexperiencia,
German: die Unerfahrenheit,
Japanese: 無経験

inexperience 
1598, from Fr. inexpérience (1460), from L.L. inexperientia, from in- "not" + experientia (see experience).
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