Recent Examples on the WebThe Cats looked shaky at the start in the secondary, perhaps not a significant surprise given the relative inexperience there. Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 4 Sep. 2022 The relative inexperience of the pair was also part of the core of the argument against them getting significant responsibilities (or for the most part, any minutes whatsoever) in the season's final stretch. Mark Deeks, Forbes, 1 June 2022 Maryland also seems to have an edge in goalie play with junior Logan McNaney, who has a .558 save percentage, compared to the inexperience of Virginia freshman Matthew Nunes, who has a .510 save percentage. Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2022 The Grizzlies had their fun but the inexperience is going to get to them, especially on the road, against a team that has three championships in the era. Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 8 May 2022 Saban also noted the inexperience of the offensive line has to contain that deep group on the defensive front. Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al, 16 Apr. 2022 The decentralized nature of crypto platforms, added with the ofttimes inexperience of the developers of those platforms, leaves plenty of vulnerabilities inside the code for hackers to exploit. Paul Vigna, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2022 As has been previously reported by The Times, the inexperience of the armorer had raised concerns from the first day on set, as did conflicts between the production managers and the camera crew. Seth Liss, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2021 Boyer added that inexperience perhaps played a part in the team’s loss Friday. Nick Celario, oregonlive, 2 Sep. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle French, from Late Latin inexperientia, from Latin in- + experientia experience
ADJECTIVE | VERB + INEXPERIENCE | INEXPERIENCE + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤relative相對經驗不足▸➤youthful少不更事➤sexual性經驗缺乏VERB + INEXPERIENCE➤show表現出經驗不足◇She showed her inexperience by asking lots of trivial questions.她問了很多瑣碎的問題,表明她缺乏經驗。➤be down to (BrE) 由於缺乏經驗◇The team's defensive errors were down to (= a result of their) inexperience.球隊在防守上出現失誤是因為經驗不足。➤put sth down to (BrE) 將⋯歸咎於缺乏經驗◇He put his mistakes down to (= believed they were caused by his) inexperience.他把自己的錯誤歸咎於缺乏經驗。INEXPERIENCE + VERB➤show經驗不足表現出來◇Her inexperience in politics did not show.她缺乏政治經驗這一點沒有表現出來。PREPOSITION➤because of inexperience, through inexperience (especially BrE) 因為/由於缺乏經驗◇They made mistakes because of their inexperience.他們因為缺乏經驗而犯了錯誤。➤inexperience in在⋯方面缺乏經驗◇inexperience in teaching缺乏教學經驗