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inexpertise

inexpertise noun: a lack of expertise.

Noun

inexpertise (uncountable)

  1. A lack of expertise.
    • I thus understand Lang and Judge's embrace of ignorance and inexpertise to be a form of political mediation, and their brand of irony a promising model for the new reality described above—in which, for instance, knowledge about climate change does not necessarily lead to action.2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 35

Origin of inexpertise

From in- + expertise.

Questions about inexpertise

What does inexpertise mean?
Inexpertise means a lack of expertise.
What part of speech is inexpertise?
Inexpertise is a noun.

Words near inexpertise in the dictionary

  1. inexperienced
  2. inexperiencedly
  3. inexperiencedness
  4. inexperiences
  5. inexpert
  6. inexpertise
  7. inexpertly
  8. inexpertness
  9. inexpertnesses
  10. inexperts
  11. inexpiable

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