unskillful
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- unskillfully adverb
- unskillfulness noun
Etymology
Origin of unskillful
1350–1400; 1555–65 for current sense; Middle English unskylful unreasonable. See un- 1, skillful
Example Sentences
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The book’s weaknesses include erratic pacing and unskillful language.
From New York Times • May 30, 2023
Kim Yo Jong is fascinating mostly because she seems so different than her brother, whose reputation as an unskillful madman belies the calculated and vicious dictator he actually is.
From Slate • Feb. 10, 2018
They cheat themselves out of juicy hands by hasty or unskillful shuffling which does not produce true random distribution.
From Time Magazine Archive
The disunity, in turn, is a result of careless and unskillful politics, not of any irreconcilable differences of U.S. and British policy in the Near and Middle East.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her hands were unskillful not so much from inability as from the rebellion that stiffened her fingers.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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