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skill-less

American  
[skil-lis] / ˈskɪl lɪs /
Or skilless

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

Etymology

Origin of skill-less

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

Example Sentences

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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