English → Latin
“inexperienced” in Latin
imperītusunskilled; unfamiliar, ignorant of, unacquainted with, inexperiencedignārusignorant, unaware, not knowing; incapable, incompetent, unablerudisrough, raw, uncultivated; unrefined, unskilled, awkward; rudebellumwarlēxthe legal machinery of a state, the law; a law, statute, bill; the laws regarded as a body, the constitutionarsart, skill, craft, handicraft; trade, occupation, employment; cunning, artifice, fraud, stratagem
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
inexperienced
imperitus, in anything, alicujus rei (opposed to peritus; e.g., in war, belli): ignarus, in anything, alicujus rei (one who is yet ignorant; e.g., legum, artis): rudis, in anything, in aliqua re (raw, uninstructed; e.g., in public business, in republica; in jure civili). To be inexpected in anything, non versatum esse in aliqua re; peregrinum, or hospitem, or peregrinum atque hospitem esse in aliqua re.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for inexperienced?
- The usual Latin words for “inexperienced” are imperītus, ignārus, rudis; also bellum, lēx, ars. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.