unskilful
US unskillful
/ (ʌnˈskɪlfʊl) /
lacking dexterity or proficiency
(often foll by in) obsolete ignorant (of)
Derived forms of unskilful
- unskilfully or US unskillfully, adverb
- unskilfulness or US unskillfulness, noun
Words Nearby unskilful
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How to use unskilful in a sentence
Many instruments have had the sound holes spoiled and the surface of the wood inside gored by unskilful tampering with the post.
Violins and Violin Makers | Joseph PearceHands, unskilful in fine and delicate work, would be well enough qualified to tend the sick, until the mother arrived from home.
Ruth | Elizabeth Cleghorn GaskellEven with the brook as low as it was, the engineering feat was not easy for our unskilful hands.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonThe paddle of that most unskilful navigator, Sweeny, snapped in two, and the broad blade of it was instantly out of reach.
Overland | John William De Forest"Stinkpot" she called it, when acknowledging foul elements in the composition and the harm it did to the unskilful balist.
Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete | George Meredith
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