inexperienced

Example Sentences

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He was surprised by how young, inexperienced employees sold million-dollar deals to Fortune 100 companies as though it were no big thing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Now McCullum must find a way to get the best out of inexperienced players who need more guidance than freedom – Jacob Bethell, Jamie Smith, Josh Tongue and Gus Atkinson.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Marsh said he had no concerns over what will be a fairly inexperienced pace attack also featuring Xavier Bartlett and Ben Dwarshuis, who was a last-minute replacement for Cummins.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

That was an extraordinary way to say: You are so unprofessional and inexperienced that I’m not even going to discipline you because you never had any business in this position in the first place.

From Slate • Jan. 23, 2026

Here I'd thought of her as a cold-blooded agent when she was really nothing but a slightly dopey, inexperienced speech teacher.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris