unskilful
adjective
lacking dexterity or proficiency
unskilfulness
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a word derived from
unskilful.
Example Sentences
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"Strikes me it is unskilfulness in angling, rather than want of appetite on the shark's part," remarked Mr. Mole.
From Jack Harkaway and His Son's Escape from the Brigand's of Greece by Bracebridge Hemyng
There it perhaps not one of Shakespeare's plays more darkened than this by the peculiarities of its authour, and the unskilfulness of its editors, by distortions of phrase, or negligence of transcription.
From Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies by Samuel Johnson
Soon, however, feeling her unskilfulness to steer, she abandoned the bark, and left it to drift.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 64, February, 1863 by Various
Seen from a distance, your Constitution appears to me an admirable machine which is getting out of order, partly from the wearing out of its works, partly from the unskilfulness of its workers.
From Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nassau William Senior from 1834 to 1859, Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville
There is, perhaps, not one of Shakespeare's plays more darkened than this, by the peculiarities of its author, and the unskilfulness of its editors, by distortions of phrase, or negligence of transcription.
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces by Samuel Johnson
