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unskillful
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. poorly done; "a botchy piece of work"; "it was an unskillful attempt" [syn: botchy , butcherly ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Not skillful. alt. Not skillful.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unskillful \Un*skill"ful\, a. [Spelt also unskilful.] Not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician. Lacking discernment; injudicious; ignorant. Though it make the unskillful laugh, can not ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also unskilful , late 14c., "foolish," from un- (1) "not" + skillful (adj.). Meaning "inexpert" is from 1560s. Related: Unskillfully .
Usage examples of unskillful.
The Abbasids, cleverer politicians than the notoriously unskillful Alids, made use of the Alid propaganda to secure the booty to themselves at the right moment.