Synonyms for unskilled


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-skild
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈskɪld

Top 10 synonyms for unskilled Other synonyms for the word unskilled

Définition of unskilled

Origin :
  • 1580s, from un- (1) "not" + skill.
  • adj untrained
Example sentences :
  • As affection to those who are unskilled in all things, so is affection to those who despair of all things.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • It meant that though labor was relatively plentiful, much of it was unskilled.
  • Extract from : « The Fabric of Civilization » by Anonymous
  • And who have confidence when fighting on horseback—the skilled horseman or the unskilled?
  • Extract from : « Protagoras » by Plato
  • The range of occupations in unskilled work, however, was fairly wide.
  • Extract from : « Negro Migration during the War » by Emmett J. Scott
  • It seems clear that most of the migrants were engaged in unskilled labor.
  • Extract from : « Negro Migration during the War » by Emmett J. Scott
  • In some of the unskilled departments fifty per cent of the employes are black.
  • Extract from : « Negro Migration during the War » by Emmett J. Scott
  • Three words had reduced him again to Lantee, unskilled laborer.
  • Extract from : « Storm Over Warlock » by Andre Norton
  • Of course his first reliance is on the manual laborers, skilled and unskilled.
  • Extract from : « Socialism As It Is » by William English Walling
  • The jury is like an unskilled gladiator entangled in the meshes of his own net.
  • Extract from : « The Cult of Incompetence » by Emile Faguet
  • Data was collected for skilled, semi-skilled, and unskilled labor.
  • Extract from : « The Settlement of Wage Disputes » by Herbert Feis

Antonyms for unskilled

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