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

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


untrained, maladroit, inept.
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unskilful or unskillful (ʌnˈskɪlfʊl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
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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Unskillful is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
Example sentences
In such business, if an agent is unskillful or from any cause incompetent, he is immediately discharged.
Unskillful cooking will, of course, produce unpalatable dishes.
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