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Etymology

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From un- +‎ experienced.

Adjective

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unexperienced (comparative more unexperienced, superlative most unexperienced)

  1. Synonym of inexperienced.
    • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle [], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., [], →OCLC:
      [A]s my coachman was but an unexperienced driver, I was obliged to make use of my own skill in that exercise, and direct his endeavours the whole way [] .
    • 2016 February 22, Andrew Fennell, The Guardian[1]:
      These are not always essential on a CV but in the case of an unexperienced candidate, they can help to give recruiters more insight into your capabilities.
  2. Not known through experience.
    Near-synonyms: unencountered, unprecedented, unrealized
    The team performed well even in unexperienced situations.
    • 2015, Christopher Berry Gray, Being A Primer:
      Whether material or spiritual, this is not the environment we know; even the most encased of physical beings, and the most unexperienced modes of being spiritual, are present to each other in expectation of experience if in no other way.
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