craftless

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English craftles, creftleas, from Old English cræftlēas (“artless, unskilful, innocent, simple, inexpert”), from Proto-West Germanic *kraftulaus, equivalent to craft +‎ -less. Cognate with West Frisian krêftleas (“powerless”), Dutch krachteloos (“powerless”), German kraftlos (“powerless”).

Adjective

craftless (not comparable)

1. Without craft; unskilled.
   • 1980, Hyman Bogomolny Grinstein, A Short History of the Jews in the United States:

     Ostensibly the reasons given were that craftless people could not readily find jobs […]

Etymology 2

From craft +‎ -less.

Adjective

craftless (not comparable)

1. Without craft; boatless, etc.
   • 1926, Alec Tweedie, An Adventurous Journey (Russia-Siberia-China):

     Now one had come to see these craftless rivers, empty stations and poverty instead of wealth.