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Unskilled definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNSKILL'ED, a.
1. Wanting skill; destitute of readiness or dexterity in performance.
2. Destitute of practical knowledge.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency; "unskilled in the art of rhetoric"; "an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber"; "unskilled labor"; "workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities"; "unskilled workmanship" [ant: skilled]
2: lacking professional skill or expertise; "a very amateurish job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts"; "an unskilled painting" [syn: amateurish, amateur, inexpert, unskilled]
3: not doing a good job; "incompetent at chess" [syn: incompetent, unskilled]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1559 1. not skilled in a branch of work ; lacking technical training <an unskilled worker> 2. not requiring skill <unskilled jobs> 3. marked by lack of skill <produced unskilled poems>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. lacking or not needing special skill or training.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. People who are unskilled do not have any special training for a job. He went to Paris in search of work as an unskilled labourer... ? skilled ADJ 2. Unskilled work does not require any special training. In the US, minorities and immigrants have generally gone into low-paid, unskilled jobs. ? skilled ADJ: usu ADJ n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Inexperienced, undrilled, unexercised, unpractised, undisciplined, uneducated, unschooled, unprepared, raw. 2. See unskilful.

Moby Thesaurus

a novice at, a stranger to, amateurish, callow, dabbling, dilettante, dilettantish, fresh, green, green as grass, ignorant, immature, incapable, incompetent, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, jackleg, new to, raw, semiskilled, unaccomplished, unaccustomed to, unacquainted with, unbusinesslike, uncoached, unconversant, unconversant with, undeveloped, unendowed, unexperienced, unfamiliar with, unfinished, unfledged, ungifted, uninitiated, uninitiated in, unmatured, unpolished, unpracticed, unpracticed in, unprepared, unprimed, unprofessional, unripe, unschooled, unseasoned, unskilled in, unskillful, untalented, untaught, untrained, untried, untutored, unused to, unversed, unversed in, unworkmanlike