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unskilled
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As an adjective, unskilled means of a person or workforce: not having a skill or technical training.
Meanings of unskilled
6 meaningsadjective
Of a person or workforce: not having a skill or technical training.
Of a job: not requiring skill or training.
Of a made object: inexpertly made or showing a lack of skill.
Not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency
“unskilled in the art of rhetoric”
“an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber”
“unskilled labor”
Lacking professional skill or expertise
“a very amateurish job”
“inexpert but conscientious efforts”
“an unskilled painting”
Similar: amateurish, amateur, inexpert
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
adjective: lacking professional skill or expertise
adjective: not doing a good job
Oppositesskilled
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