unskilled

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -ɪld

AdjectiveEdit

unskilled (comparative more unskilled, superlative most unskilled)

1. Of a person or workforce: not having a skill or technical training.
   • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 22, The Mirror and the Lamp:

     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.

2. Of a job: not requiring skill or training.
3. Of a made object: inexpertly made or showing a lack of skill.

See alsoEdit

• unskilful, unskillful