unskilful

/ ʌnˈskɪlfʊl /

adjective

1. lacking dexterity or proficiency
2. obsolete.
   often foll by in ignorant (of)

Derived Forms

• unˈskilfulness, noun
• unˈskilfully, adverb

Example Sentences

Many instruments have had the sound holes spoiled and the surface of the wood inside gored by unskilful tampering with the post.

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Hands, unskilful in fine and delicate work, would be well enough qualified to tend the sick, until the mother arrived from home.

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Even with the brook as low as it was, the engineering feat was not easy for our unskilful hands.

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The paddle of that most unskilful navigator, Sweeny, snapped in two, and the broad blade of it was instantly out of reach.

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"Stinkpot" she called it, when acknowledging foul elements in the composition and the harm it did to the unskilful balist.

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