skill-less

or skil·less

[ skil-lis ]

adjective
  1. without skill; unskilled or unskillful.

  2. Archaic.

    • without knowledge; ignorant.

    • (of things) done or made in a clumsy or unskilled manner.

Origin of skill-less

1
Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; see origin at skill1, -less

Other words from skill-less

  • skill-less·ness, noun

Words Nearby skill-less

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How to use skill-less in a sentence

  • Never was ripe skill less mechanical, and never was the faculty of perpetual evocation less addicted to prudent economies.

    Picture and Text | Henry James