unskillful
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4.4
- adjective
- /ʌnˈskɪl.fəl/
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inexperto
- And it does have an interest in reducing the amount of unengaging post "spam" that unskillful marketers put up.
And then from that confusion arises actions that are inappropriate or unskillful or harmful or unkind.
- And then from that confusion arises actions that are inappropriate or unskillful or harmful or unkind.
- They say kind of unskillful things, as one would say, or just stupid things, you know?
Examples
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And then from that confusion arises actions that are inappropriate or unskillful or harmful or unkind.
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The DPP government has shown its goodwill to Beijing in a very unskillful way.
Academic text (2002) -
At worst, the term means an unskillful use of rhetorical figures.
Academic text (1997) -
The romance writers aren't unskillful, either.
Blog text (16) -
And then from that confusion arises actions that are inappropriate or unskillful or harmful or unkind.
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It only redistributes from the unlucky and unskillful to the lucky and skillful.
Academic text (2010) -
Now this overdone, though it make the unskillful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve - the censure of which one must in your allowance outweigh a whole theatre of others.
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Her unskillful attempts at painting led her to seek professional lessons.
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He felt embarrassed about his unskillful handling of the situation during the meeting.
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The team lost the match due to their unskillful play in critical moments.
Synonyms
143
1.4
Not good at a skill or easily influenced by others
141
4.9
Not able to do a job or task well
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5.0
Not good at something and often clumsy
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1.6
Not able to do something well
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3.4
Having no teaching or practice to do a task well
9
4.3
A person or thing that cannot do something well
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2.9
Having no ability or training to do something well
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3.4
Not good at an activity
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6.0
Not experienced at doing something
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5.7
A person or group who does not have enough skills for a job
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6.5
Not skilled at a task or subject
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4.8
Has little skill or experience in a particular activity
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9.5
Inexperienced and not fully trained, often a young person or group
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7.4
Has little skill and looks clumsy
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9.9
Seems clumsy and awkward in movement, often like someone new at sea
Not having enough skill in a subject or activity
Not trained and not able to do a particular job
Done in a rough, clumsy way that shows little skill
Made in a clumsy way and not of good quality
Antonyms
How Skillful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unskillful is made from the negative un- meaning 'not' and skillful, which comes from skill, a word for 'ability' or 'how to do something' that goes back to an old Norse word for understanding. So, unskillful means 'not having skill' and describes something done poorly.