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Unskillfulness

Unskillful \Un*skill"ful\, a. [Spelt also unskilful.]

  1. Not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician.

  2. Lacking discernment; injudicious; ignorant.

    Though it make the unskillful laugh, can not but make the judicious grieve.
    --Shak. [1913 Webster] -- Un*skill"ful*ly, adv. -- Un*skill"ful*ness, n.

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unskillfulness

n. The state or quality of being unskillful, of lacking skill

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unskillfulness

n. a lack of cognitive skill [ant: skillfulness]

Usage examples of "unskillfulness".

The siege of Veii in Tuscany, the first considerable enterprise of the Romans, was protracted to the tenth year, much less by the strength of the place than by the unskillfulness of the besiegers.