adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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ĭnəkspîr'ēənst
/ɪnəkˈspɪəɹi.ənst/
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CMU ARPABET:IH0 N IH0 K S P IH1 R IY0 AH0 N S T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Not experienced; lacking knowledge because lacking experience.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Veteran Wiktionary editors frustrated with inexperienced newcomers should remember that they were once in that position.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: nonexperienced, unexperienced, green
Antonyms: none provided
2
adjective
Meaning 2
lacking practical experience or training
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inexperient
Antonyms: experienced
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English experience English -ed English experienced English inexperienced From in- + experienced.
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Azerbaijani:
təcrübəsiz
— not experienced
Belarusian:
недасве́дчаны
(njedasvjédčany)
— not experienced
Belarusian:
няво́пытны
(njavópytny)
— not experienced
Bengali:
বেওয়াকেফ
(beōẇakeph)
— not experienced
Bulgarian:
неопитен
(neopiten)
— not experienced
Catalan:
inexpert
— not experienced
Chinese Mandarin:
沒經驗 /没经验
(méijīngyàn)
— not experienced
Czech:
nezkušený
— not experienced
Finnish:
kokematon
— not experienced
French:
inexpérimenté
— not experienced
Georgian:
გამოუცდელი
(gamoucdeli)
— not experienced
German:
unerfahren
— not experienced
Greek:
άπειρος
(ápeiros)
— not experienced
Ancient Greek:
ἄπειρος
(ápeiros)
— not experienced
Hindi:
अनुभवहीन
(anubhavhīn)
— not experienced
Hungarian:
tapasztalatlan
— not experienced
Hungarian:
gyakorlatlan
— not experienced
Irish:
anársa
— not experienced
Italian:
imperito
— not experienced
Italian:
inesperto
— not experienced
Italian:
sprovveduto
— not experienced
Italian:
incompetente
— not experienced
Italian:
impreparato
— not experienced
Japanese:
経験のない
(keiken no nai)
— not experienced
Latin:
imperītus
— not experienced
Macedonian:
неискусен
(neiskusen)
— not experienced
Māori:
ihupiro
— not experienced
Māori:
ihupuku
— not experienced
Māori:
ihu hūpē
— not experienced
Norwegian Bokmål:
uerfaren
— not experienced
Norwegian Nynorsk:
uerfaren
— not experienced
Plautdietsch:
onerfoaren
— not experienced
Polish:
niedoświadczony
— not experienced
Polish:
niewprawny
— not experienced
Portuguese:
inexperiente
— not experienced
Russian:
нео́пытный
(neópytnyj)
— not experienced
Russian:
неискушённый
(neiskušónnyj)
— not experienced
Russian:
безо́пытный
(bezópytnyj)
— not experienced
Serbo-Croatian:
не̏искусан
— not experienced
Serbo-Croatian:
nȅiskusan
— not experienced
Slovak:
neskúsený
— not experienced
Slovene:
neizkušen
— not experienced
Spanish:
inexperto
— not experienced
Spanish:
tortolito
— not experienced
Spanish:
inexperienciado
— not experienced
Spanish:
poco experienciado
— not experienced
Spanish:
nada experienciado
— not experienced
Swedish:
oerfaren
— not experienced
Turkish:
toy
— not experienced
Turkish:
çaylak
— not experienced
Turkish:
deneyimsiz
— not experienced
Turkish:
acemi
— not experienced
Turkish:
tecrübesiz
— not experienced
Ukrainian:
недосві́дчений
(nedosvídčenyj)
— not experienced
