as in greenness
lack of experience
He blames his mistakes at the new job on inexperience.
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Recent Examples of inexperience
The letter raised concerns about Kennedy’s lack of expertise in health care and his inexperience running a bureaucratic agency as sprawling as the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025
Signing Walker may represent the extent of the Astros’ heavy lifting this winter, leaving uncertainty in the outfield, inexperience in the bullpen and questionable depth in the starting rotation.
—Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
In many ways, the situation is unprecedented: No one with Kennedy’s mix of inexperience and paranoid distrust has ever held the reins at HHS.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
The device itself was not unique in design, and Jabbar’s use of an electric match instead of a proper detonator indicated his inexperience with explosives, Jackson said.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 5 Jan. 2025
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Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 13 Jan. 2025
Signing Walker may represent the extent of the Astros’ heavy lifting this winter, leaving uncertainty in the outfield, inexperience in the bullpen and questionable depth in the starting rotation.
—Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
In many ways, the situation is unprecedented: No one with Kennedy’s mix of inexperience and paranoid distrust has ever held the reins at HHS.
—Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
The device itself was not unique in design, and Jabbar’s use of an electric match instead of a proper detonator indicated his inexperience with explosives, Jackson said.
—Doha Madani, NBC News, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Inexperience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexperience. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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