Her genius makes up for her lack of experience.

He worked hard to make up for his lack of experience.

He failed for want of experience.

He failed in business for lack of experience.

He lacks experience.

He is lacking in experience.

In judging his work, we must take account of his lack of experience.

Admitting his lack of experience, I still think that he ought to do better.

You must make allowance for his inexperience.

You must make allowance for his lack of experience.

I'll make allowances for your lack of experience.

Diligence may compensate for lack of experience.

It sounds as if genius compensates for lack of experience.

Generally, the sense whether or not an expression is natural can't really be relied on. For example, even if it feels unnatural, it is often easily due to lack of experience.