- 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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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
The unskilful Emmie, for all cousin Ethan's hand, had stumbled and twisted her foot.
From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Elizabeth Robins
Before the latter interview her prayer was: "Let me be neither unskilful nor mean!"
From Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 by Maud Howe Elliott
He was by no means an unskilful colourist, and was especially master of the effects of chiaroscuro.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
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