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unskilful

 [uhn-skil-fuhl]  

un·skill·ful

   [uhn-skil-fuhl]
adjective
not skillful; clumsy or bungling.
Also, especially British, un·skil·ful.

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

Related forms
un·skill·ful·ly, adverb
un·skill·ful·ness, noun

Synonyms
untrained, maladroit, inept.

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unskilful or unskillful (ʌnˈskɪlfʊl)
 
—adj
1.  lacking dexterity or proficiency
2.  obsolete (often foll by in) ignorant (of)
 
unskillful or unskillful
 
—adj
 
un'skilfully or unskillful
 
—adv
 
un'skillfully or unskillful
 
—adv
 
un'skilfulness or unskillful
 
—n
 
un'skillfulness or unskillful
 
—n

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