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unskilful
/ ʌnˈskɪlfʊl /
adjective
- lacking dexterity or proficiency
- obsolete.often foll by in ignorant (of)
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Derived Forms
- unˈskilfulness, noun
- unˈskilfully, adverb
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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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