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noun ADJ. relative | youthful | political VERB + INEXPERIENCE reveal, show She showed her inexperience by asking lots of trivial questions. | be down to The team's defensive errors were down to (= a result of their) inexperience. | put sth down to He put his mistakes down to (= believed they were caused by his) inexperience. INEXPERIENCE + VERB show Her inexperience in politics did not show as she debated with the other candidates. PREP. because of/from/through ~ They made mistakes through inexperience. | ~ in inexperience in teaching
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