skill-less

or skil·less

[ skil-lis ]

adjective

1. without skill; unskilled or unskillful.
2. Archaic.
   1. without knowledge; ignorant.
   2. (of things) done or made in a clumsy or unskilled manner.

Other Words From

• skill-less·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of skill-less¹

Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; skill ¹, -less

Example Sentences

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

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