unexperienced

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   not encountered, undergone, or known through experience

   The theory makes claims about unexperienced parts of the distant past.

2. 2
   adj

   dated: lacking knowledge or skill gained through experience

   The unexperienced navigator relied on the advice of a veteran guide.

Formed from un- ("not") + experienced. In its less common objective sense, used by Russell, it describes events or regions not encountered in experience; its dated personal sense is equivalent to inexperienced.

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