unskilled

[ uhn-skild ]

/ ʌnˈskɪld /

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adjective

of or relating to workers who lack technical training or skill.

not demanding special training or skill: unskilled occupations.

exhibiting a marked lack of skill or competence: an unskilled painting; an unskilled writer.

not skilled or expert: He was unskilled in the art of rhetoric.

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Origin of unskilled

First recorded in 1575–85; un-¹ + skilled

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British Dictionary definitions for unskilled

unskilled

/ (ʌnˈskɪld) /

adjective

not having or requiring any special skill or trainingunskilled workers; an unskilled job

having or displaying no skill; inexperthe is quite unskilled at dancing

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Word Origin and History for unskilled

unskilled

adj.

1580s, from un- (1) "not" + skill.

unskilled

adjective

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