- a variation of unskillful.
unskilful
Britishadjective
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lacking dexterity or proficiency
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obsolete (often foll by in) ignorant (of)
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Example Sentences
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It turned out to be an unskilful echo of The Show-Off, well played but cheap and dreary.
From Time Magazine Archive
A good jouster, like Lancelot or Tristram, always used the blow of the point, because, although it was liable to miss in unskilful hands, it made contact sooner.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Instead of the unskilful observer B we have the mirror b, which is unfailingly illuminated the instant the light arrives from s.
From Popular scientific lectures by Mach, Ernst
If wounds are made, as sometimes happens with unskilful operators, a mixture of tar and grease ought to be applied.
From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Jennings, Robert
He was an erect, black outline to her; he plied his paddle with no unskilful gesture, the water broke to snaky silver and glittered far behind his strokes.
From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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