- a variation of skill-less.
skilless
Americanadjective
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At sight of us, or else because he would not take the water at full speed, the horse reared, pawed the air, and fell clumsily, carrying his skilless rider with him.
From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis
I cannot guess her thought, but well I ween Such gifts are skilless to atone such crime.
From The House of Atreus by Morshead, E. D. A. (Edmund Doidge Anderson)
So far from wandering, she was able to talk to him; to talk and to thank him gratefully for his earnest but skilless attempts to make her more comfortable.
From Stranded in Arcady by Lynde, Francis
A little patience, youth! 'twill not be long, Or I am skilless quite: an idle tongue, A humid eye, and steps luxurious, Where these are new and strange, are ominous.
From Endymion A Poetic Romance by Keats, John
Tom was conscious of every fleck of dust on his clothes and shoes; of the skilless knot in his necktie; of the school-desk droop in his shoulders; of the utter superfluousness of his big hands.
From The Quickening by Ashe, E. M.
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