Experienced? Only from what we hear (3)

I believe the answer is:

new

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'experienced?' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for new that I've seen before include "Novel, recent" , "Fresh, recent" , "Seen for the first time" , "Fresh, unused" , "Modern" .)

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