| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | adolescent | young and not fully mature |
| 2. | amateur | lacking professional experience |
| 3. | apprentice | beginner learning a trade |
| 4. | artless | simple and inexperienced |
| 5. | awkward | lacking practiced ease |
| 6. | babe in the woods | naive, inexperienced person |
| 7. | battle-green | untested in combat |
| 8. | battle-untested | not tested in battle |
| 9. | beginner | just starting to learn |
| 10. | blundering | making mistakes through inexperience |
| 11. | bumpkin | awkward, unsophisticated person |
| 12. | bungling | clumsy through lack of skill |
| 13. | cadet | trainee in military service |
| 14. | callow | young and inexperienced |
| 15. | childlike | innocent and unsophisticated |
| 16. | clumsy | awkward from lack of skill |
| 17. | combat-green | inexperienced in combat |
| 18. | credulous | too ready to believe |
| 19. | cub | young, inexperienced worker |
| 20. | entry-level | suited to beginners |
| 21. | first-time | doing something for the first time |
| 22. | first-timer | person doing something first |
| 23. | first-year | in the initial year |
| 24. | fledgling | new and still developing |
| 25. | fresh | new and not experienced |
| 26. | freshman | person in a first year |
| 27. | fumbling | awkward and uncertain |
| 28. | green | new and lacking experience |
| 29. | greenhorn | inexperienced newcomer |
| 30. | greenie | informal inexperienced person |
| 31. | gullible | too easily deceived through naivety |
| 32. | half-baked | immature or poorly developed |
| 33. | ham-fisted | clumsy and unskillful |
| 34. | heavy-handed | clumsy and lacking finesse |
| 35. | ill-equipped | lacking needed skills or experience |
| 36. | ill-prepared | poorly ready or trained |
| 37. | immature | not fully developed or seasoned |
| 38. | inept | lacking skill or competence |
| 39. | inexpert | not expert or skilled |
| 40. | innocent | lacking experience or sophistication |
| 41. | intern | trainee gaining practical experience |
| 42. | junior | lower in experience or rank |
| 43. | just starting | only beginning something |
| 44. | juvenile | young or immature |
| 45. | learner | person still gaining skill |
| 46. | maladroit | awkward and unskillful |
| 47. | mentee | person guided by a mentor |
| 48. | milk-fed | soft and inexperienced |
| 49. | naif | naive, inexperienced person |
| 50. | naive | lacking worldly experience |
| 51. | neophyte | new to a field |
| 52. | new | recently started or introduced |
| 53. | newbie | informal inexperienced newcomer |
| 54. | newcomer | person new to something |
| 55. | noob | slang inexperienced newcomer |
| 56. | novice | new to an activity |
| 57. | novitiate | beginner in a religious order |
| 58. | probationary | new and under trial |
| 59. | protégé | person trained by a patron |
| 60. | provincial | unsophisticated from limited experience |
| 61. | pupil | person being taught |
| 62. | raw | lacking training or refinement |
| 63. | recruit | newly enlisted or hired person |
| 64. | rookie | new and inexperienced person |
| 65. | rough | unrefined and lacking polish |
| 66. | rube | naive, unsophisticated person |
| 67. | rustic | socially unsophisticated or unpolished |
| 68. | sheltered | protected from worldly experience |
| 69. | simple | unsophisticated or naive |
| 70. | soft | lacking toughness or experience |
| 71. | starter | person just beginning |
| 72. | starting out | beginning and still inexperienced |
| 73. | student | person learning a subject |
| 74. | stumbling | awkward and unsure |
| 75. | tenderfoot | inexperienced newcomer |
| 76. | trainee | person being trained |
| 77. | trusting | naive in believing others |
| 78. | tyro | beginner with little experience |
| 79. | underdeveloped | not fully developed or matured |
| 80. | undeveloped | not yet fully developed |
| 81. | unfamiliar | not experienced with something |
| 82. | unformed | not fully shaped or matured |
| 83. | uninitiated | not introduced to knowledge |
| 84. | unmatured | not yet mature or seasoned |
| 85. | unpolished | lacking refinement or practiced skill |
| 86. | unpracticed | not skilled through practice |
| 87. | unqualified | lacking required training or experience |
| 88. | unrefined | not polished or sophisticated |
| 89. | unseasoned | lacking experience or practice |
| 90. | unskilled | lacking learned ability |
| 91. | unsophisticated | lacking worldly or social experience |
| 92. | untested | not proven through experience |
| 93. | untrained | not taught or practiced |
| 94. | untried | not yet tested by experience |
| 95. | unworldly | lacking worldly experience |
| 96. | wet behind the ears | young and inexperienced |
| 97. | wide-eyed | naive and easily impressed |
| 98. | young | early in life or experience |
| 99. | youngster | young, inexperienced person |
| 100. | youthful | young and not seasoned |
