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 Word Forms

• skill-lessness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of skill-less¹

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

Example Sentences

That nostalgia often manifests itself into disaffection, wherein we spend our time sullenly denigrating current fighters as a bunch of skill-less, pampered babies who have undergone an ambitionectomy.

From The Guardian

One benefit of today’s digital media environment is that such tedious jobs are increasingly irrelevant – even for skill-less college students.

From Forbes

The challenge for adding skill into slots, the ultimate skill-less game, has always been that a player could get so good that the casino could end up losing out.

From Washington Post

People who think the ax is a simple, skill-less tool, dependent for its efficiency solely upon the strength and industry with which it is wielded, make a great mistake.

From Project Gutenberg

Heavy the axe and full of pain Each weak and skill-less stroke, Yet strove the maids again, again, With walnut, beech, and oak.

From Project Gutenberg