Inexperienced

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inexperienced \In`ex*pe"ri*enced\, a.
     Not having experience; unskilled; naive. "Inexperienced
     youth." --Cowper.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  inexperienced
       adj 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 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