unskilled

Examples

• All

• The factory hires unskilled laborers to handle basic tasks on the assembly line.

• Second, transforming a single unskilled worker into a skilled worker has a small aggregate effect on the labor market.

  Academic text (2005)

• So that means they got some unskilled practitioner.

• Third, the core includes a greater range of work, from unskilled to highly skilled.

  Academic text (1997)

• Some further immigration of relatively unskilled labor from less developed areas is possible.

  Academic text (2018)

• The latter tend to be unskilled workers who have moved from rural areas to work in urban destinations.

  Academic text (2018)

• Most assessments forecast losses for unskilled U.S. workers and gains for those with the highest skills.

  Academic text (1994)

• Training transforms a formerly unskilled worker into a skilled worker, thus allowing the worker to earn higher pay.

  Academic text (2005)

• Frontline work in LTC was characterized as an unskilled, "dead end" occupation.

  Academic text (1994)

• Using educational attainment as a proxy, the majority of immigrants to the United States fall into an "unskilled" category.

  Academic text (2018)

Synonyms

I

incompetent

vsunskilled

141 4.9

Not able to do a job or task well

focuses on missing ability or training rather than overall failure

I

inexperienced

vsunskilled

66 3.4

Not having much skill or practice

includes that lack but also missing formal qualification or training

U

untrained

vsunskilled

31 3.4

Having no teaching or practice to do a task well

includes lack of training but also missing natural ability or qualification

U

untutored

vsunskilled

3 7.8

Having no formal schooling or lessons

covers that but also informal lack of ability or qualification

U

underqualified

vsunskilled

2 4.7

Does not have enough skills, experience, or education for a job

is more general, applying beyond specific job requirements

U

unpracticed

vsunskilled

1 6.0

Not experienced at doing something

is broader, meaning missing overall ability or required qualification

U

unskillful

vsunskilled

1 4.4

Not able to do something well

is broader, meaning absence of required ability, training, or qualification

U

undertrained

vsunskilled

1 5.7

A person or group who does not have enough skills for a job

is broader, applying to no training or lacking overall ability

I

inexpert

vsunskilled

1 6.5

Not skilled at a task or subject

is more general, covering any missing ability or qualification

U

unversed

vsunskilled

1 8.4

Not having much experience or knowledge about a subject

is similar but emphasises absence of required ability or qualification

U

unaccomplished

vsunskilled

1 4.8

Has little skill or experience in a particular activity

is the general absence of necessary ability or official qualification

N

non-skilled

vsunskilled

4.0

Not trained and not able to do a particular job

matches that sense but also covers lack of formal qualification

U

uninstructed

vsunskilled

6.9

Someone who has no training or basic knowledge about a subject

is the wider idea including both lack of teaching and ability

N

nonexpert

vsunskilled

4.2

Not having special knowledge or skill in a subject

is wider, covering basic ability and formal qualification gaps

U

unblooded

vsunskilled

8.6

A person not yet tested in a job or activity

is broader, meaning lacking ability or formal qualification as well

U

unfitted

vsunskilled

5.0

Not suitable for a particular job or use

is wider, covering lack of ability, training, or necessary qualification

Antonyms

S

skilled

172 3.5

Having special training and ability to do a job well

Compounds

U

unskilled person

2.8

A person who has not learned the skills needed for a job

How Skilled

expert

3 3.5

skilled

172 3.5

competent

114 3.6

unskilled

6 2.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology