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un·skilled
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ʌnˈskɪld
/
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uhn-
skild
]
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adjective
1.
of or pertaining to workers who lack technical training or skill.
2.
not demanding special training or skill:
unskilled occupations.
3.
exhibiting a marked lack of skill or competence:
an unskilled painting; an unskilled writer.
4.
not
skilled
or expert:
He was unskilled in the
art
of rhetoric.
Origin:
1575–85;
un-
1
+
skilled
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unskilled
(ʌnˈskɪld)
—
adj
1.
not having or requiring any special skill or training:
unskilled workers
;
an unskilled job
2.
having or displaying no skill; inexpert:
he is quite unskilled at dancing
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Word Origin & History
unskilled
1581, from
un-
(1) "not" + skilled (see
skill
).
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