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UNSKILLED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not doing a good job
Example:
incompetent at chess
Synonyms:
incompetent; unskilled
Classified under:
Similar:
bad (having undesirable or negative qualities)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Lacking professional skill or expertise
Example:
an unskilled painting
Synonyms:
amateur; amateurish; inexpert; unskilled
Classified under:
Similar:
unprofessional (not characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency
Example:
unskilled workmanship
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
artless (showing lack of art)
botchy; butcherly; unskillful (poorly done)
botched; bungled (spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness)
bungling; clumsy; fumbling; incompetent (showing lack of skill or aptitude)
crude; rough (not carefully or expertly made)
hopeless (of a person unable to do something skillfully)
humble; lowly; menial (used of unskilled work (especially domestic work))
lubberly (clumsy and unskilled)
out of practice; rusty (impaired in skill by neglect)
semiskilled (possessing or requiring limited skills)
weak (deficient or lacking in some skill)
Also:
incompetent (not qualified or suited for a purpose)
inexperienced; inexperient (lacking practical experience or training)
Antonym:
skilled (having or showing or requiring special skill)
