unskilled
adjective
un·skilled
ˌən-ˈskild 
1
: not skilled in a branch of work : lacking technical training
an unskilled worker
2
: not requiring skill
unskilled jobs
3
: marked by lack of skill
produced unskilled poems
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an unskilled handling of the facial features in the portrait explains why it is attributed to “school of Velázquez” and not to the master himself
hired unskilled workers because they would work for lower wages
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Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 4 Apr. 2025
Photo: Focus Features/Everett Collection A Coen brothers riff on the spy genre, Burn After Reading is filled with self-mythologizing drunks, unskilled opportunists, and borderline morons.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
In reference to Table 1, TRINA 1.0 was able to perform telemedicine and unskilled physical tasks.
—Kris Hauser, IEEE Spectrum, 4 May 2020
Consecutive droughts in recent years have devastated livestock populations, forcing hundreds of thousands of herders to give up their traditional lifestyles and move, as unskilled workers, to sprawling towns.
—Mohamed Adow, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2020
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“Unskilled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unskilled. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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unskilled
adjective
un·skilled
ˌən-ˈskild
ˈən-
1
: not skilled
especially
: not skilled in a branch of work : lacking mechanical training
an unskilled worker
2
: not requiring skill
unskilled jobs
3
: marked by lack of skill
an unskilled painting
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