Inexpertise

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A lack of expertise. uncountable

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From in- + expertise.

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