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inexperience

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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.
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Origin:
1590–1600; < LL inexperientia. See in-3 experience
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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.
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Word Origin & History

inexperience 
1598, from Fr. inexpérience (1460), from L.L. inexperientia, from in- "not" + experientia (see experience).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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