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# inexperienced

«inexperienced» in Mova's school dictionary: **not having much knowledge or skill in something because…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (inexperienced)

### meaning for a pupil

Inexperienced means not having much knowledge or skill in something because you have not done it much. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inexperienced/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life a new driver, new player or new teacher can be inexperienced; that is normal and everyone starts that way. In safety, inexperienced swimmers or climbers should stay with adults or instructors. In stories, an inexperienced hero learns as the story goes on. Phrases: inexperienced at, inexperienced in, young and inexperienced.

### examples

- The team was young and inexperienced. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inexperienced/#x1)
- An inexperienced sailor should not go out in a storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inexperienced/#x2)
- She was inexperienced at cooking but keen to learn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inexperienced/#x3)
- Inexperienced swimmers should stay in the shallow end. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inexperienced/#x4)
- The inexperienced goalkeeper let in three goals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inexperienced/#x5)
- Everyone is inexperienced at first. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inexperienced/#x6)
- He imagined that she was too young and inexperienced to care for him; but that was a mistake, for the truth was that another image already filled her heart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inexperienced/#x7)

### note

«In-» means not. Opposite: experienced. Noun: inexperience. Followed by «at» or «in».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «inexperienced» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inexperienced/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.