inexperience

[in-ik-speer-ee-uhns] Origin

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; < Late Latin inexperientia. See in-3, experience
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Inexperience has a plethora of syllables.
So is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious. Does it mean:
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
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inexperience (ˌɪnɪkˈspɪərɪəns)
 
n
lack of experience or of the knowledge and understanding derived from experience
 
inex'perienced
 
adj

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Word Origin & History

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