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unskilled

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ʌnˈskɪld/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ʌnˈskɪld/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(un skild′)

un•skilled /ʌnˈskɪld/USA pronunciation adj.

relating to workers who lack special skills:unskilled labor.
not demanding special training or skill:unskilled jobs.
showing or having a lack of skill:an unskilled painting.

un•skilled (un skild′),USA pronunciation adj.

of or pertaining to workers who lack technical training or skill.
not demanding special training or skill:unskilled occupations.
exhibiting a marked lack of skill or competence:an unskilled painting; an unskilled writer.
not skilled or expert:He was unskilled in the art of rhetoric.

un-¹ + skilled 1575–85

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

unskilled /ʌnˈskɪld/ adj

not having or requiring any special skill or training: unskilled workers, an unskilled job
having or displaying no skill; inexpert

'unskilled' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

amateur - bush carpenter - coolie - D - day labourer - freshwater - handlanger - hobo - inert - labourer - peon - rouseabout - roustabout - slushy - worst - automate - badly - bohunk - day labor - day laborer - fresh - grunt - hard cheese - hunky - inexperienced - inexpert - jackleg - lubber - lumpenproletariat - navvy - proficient - raw - unemployment - unskilled labor - workingman - semiskilled - skill-less - stoop labor

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Synonyms: untrained, amateur, a novice at, a stranger to, amateurish, more...

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