unskilled
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -ɪld
AdjectiveEdit
unskilled (comparative more unskilled, superlative most unskilled)
- Of a person or workforce: not having a skill or technical training.
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.
- Of a job: not requiring skill or training.
- Of a made object: inexpertly made or showing a lack of skill.
TranslationsEdit
of a person or workforce: not having a skill or technical training
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