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unskillful

[ uhn-skil-fuhl ]
/ ʌnˈskɪl fəl /
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adjective
not skillful; clumsy or bungling.

OTHER WORDS FOR unskillful

untrained, maladroit, inept.
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Also especially British, un·skil·ful .

Origin of unskillful

1350–1400; 1555–65 for current sense; Middle English unskylful unreasonable. See un-1, skillful

OTHER WORDS FROM unskillful

un·skill·ful·ly, adverbun·skill·ful·ness, noun
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