nonexperienced

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌnɑnɪkˈspɪriənst/ UK /ˌnɒnɪkˈspɪəriənst/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
lacking experience; not experienced

The crew was largely nonexperienced and prone to errors.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · lacking experience; not... inexperienced unseasoned green untrained unpracticed raw

Opposites

experienced seasoned veteran

Word family

Related forms experienced experience

Etymology

From non- ('not') + experienced, from experience, ultimately from Latin experiri ('to try, test'), from ex- ('out') + periri ('to try').

non Latin experiri Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# nonexperienced

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌnɑnɪkˈspɪriənst/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌnɒnɪkˈspɪəriənst/

## Meanings
1. lacking experience; not experienced

## Examples
- The crew was largely nonexperienced and prone to errors.

## Synonyms
- inexperienced
- unseasoned
- green
- untrained
- unpracticed
- raw

## Antonyms
- experienced
- seasoned
- veteran

## Related Forms
- experienced
- experience

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: non
- Root: experiri

## Etymology
From non- ('not') + experienced, from experience, ultimately from Latin experiri ('to try, test'), from ex- ('out') + periri ('to try').

## AI Etymology
Nonexperienced comes from non- ('not') + experienced, from experience, ultimately from Latin experiri ('to try, test'), from ex- ('out') + periri ('to try'). The etymological trail includes Latin non, Latin experiri. The same word family includes experienced, experience. Its current adjective use means "lacking experience; not experienced".

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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