English > unskilled: 3 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency / proficiency. |
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| Examples | - "unskilled in the art of rhetoric"
- "unskilled labor"
- "workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities"
- "unskilled workmanship"
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| Narrower | artless | showing lack of art |
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| botchy, butcherly, unskillful | poorly done |
| bungled, botched | spoiled through incompetence or clumsiness |
| bungling, clumsy, fumbling, incompetent | showing lack of skill or aptitude |
| crude, rough | not carefully or expertly made |
| hopeless | Of a person unable to do something skillfully |
| humble, menial, lowly | Used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) |
| lubberly | clumsy and unskilled |
| out of practice, rusty | impaired in skill by neglect |
| semiskilled | possessing or requiring limited skills |
| weak | Deficient or lacking in some skill |
| See also | blue-collar | Of or designating manual industrial work or workers |
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| incompetent | not qualified or suited for a purpose |
| inexperienced, inexperient | lacking practical experience or training |
| Opposite | skilled | Having or showing or requiring special skill |
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| Spanish | inexperto |
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