unskilful

British  

/ ʌnˈskɪlfʊl /

adjective

1. lacking dexterity or proficiency

2. obsolete (often foll by in) ignorant (of)

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Other Word Forms

• unskilfully adverb
• unskilfulness noun

Example Sentences

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 Literature

"I was a pretty unskilful cricketer. I survived a lot on bravado and trying to use my size. It's always hard when people get compared but I think Stokes should set his standards a little bit higher rather than think about me."

From BBC

Unskilful loading interfered with a perfect ballast, and unseamanlike management left her at the mercy of the tempest.

From Project Gutenberg

He paused for a moment, where, ranged in a line by their horses' sides, he saw the stout yeomen who had accompanied Richard of Woodville thither; and as, with an eye not unskilful even then in judging of thewes and sinews, he marked their light, yet powerful limbs, with an approving smile, he turned to his new friend, saying, in a low voice, "Serviceable stuff there, in the day of need, I doubt not."

From Project Gutenberg

Instead of the unskilful observer B we have the mirror b, which is unfailingly illuminated the instant the light arrives from s.

From Project Gutenberg