Definition of unskilled Unskilled
/ʌnskɪˈld/ - [unskild] - un•skilled
We found 6 definitions of unskilled from 2 different sources.
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| unskilled - not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency; "unskilled in the art of rhetoric"; "an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber"; "unskilled labor"; "workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities"; "unskilled workmanship" | ||
| skilled having or showing or requiring special skill; "only the most skilled gymnasts make an Olympic team"; "a skilled surgeon has many years of training and experience"; "a skilled reconstruction of her damaged elbow"; "a skilled trade" | ||
| incompetent not qualified or suited for a purpose; "an incompetent secret service"; "the filming was hopeless incompetent" | ||
| inexperienced, inexperient lacking practical experience or training | ||
| artless simple and natural; without cunning or deceit; "an artless manner"; "artless elegance" | ||
| botchy, unskillful, butcherly poorly done; "a botchy piece of work"; "it was an unskillful attempt" | ||
| botched, bungled spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness; "a bungled job" | ||
| fumbling, bungling, clumsy, incompetent showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf" | ||
| crude, rough not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics" | ||
| hopeless (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform; "she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers"; "he is a hopeless romantic" | ||
| menial, humble, lowly marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; "a humble apology"; "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"- B.K.Malinowski | ||
| lubberly inexperienced in seamanship; "of all landlubbers the most lubberly" | ||
| out of practice, rusty impaired in skill by neglect | ||
| semiskilled possessing or requiring limited skills; "semiskilled dockworkers"; "a semiskilled job" | ||
| unskilled - not doing a good job; "incompetent at chess" | ||
| incompetent | ||
| bad feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad'); "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless night" | ||
| unskilled - lacking professional skill or expertise; "a very amateurish job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts"; "an unskilled painting" | ||
| amateurish, amateur, inexpert | ||
| unprofessional not characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession; "described in unprofessional language so that high school students could understand it"; "was censured for unprofessional conduct"; "unprofessional repairs" | ||
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