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Recent Examples of unskilled Gamers have also scrutinized Musk for his odd gameplay and game setting choices that can be indicative of an unskilled player. Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025 In addition to helping address labor shortages for both high-skill and unskilled jobs, federal authorization of state-run visa programs would also help states and regions address unique labor needs. Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024 As funds grow larger, the combination of junior associates seeking a track record and unskilled entrepreneurs seeking more VC at earlier stages could lead to significant failures. Dileep Rao, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024 Many of those jobs, though categorized as unskilled labor, require specialized training and physical stamina that is not readily available in the existing U.S. workforce. Rafael Bernal, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for unskilled
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unskilled
Adjective
  • The Trump administration has pulled the plug on a program that provides legal help to immigrants who are determined mentally incompetent, according to a lawsuit filed by immigration legal groups.
    Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 6 May 2025
  • City Council, do the right thing for once and put it on the ballot to overturn the requirement of requiring our incompetent city management to do this.
    U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • That said, to be displaced is to be object, material, pushed across borders, overloaded into boats, stuffed into unfit vehicles, herded over mountains by smugglers.
    Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 21 May 2025
  • When Eleanor gives birth to a baby named Lily and—in Ruth’s eyes—proves unfit to care for her, Ruth decides to raise the girl alone.
    Sophia Stewart, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025
Adjective
  • Mix Materials The beauty in the unfitted kitchen aesthetic is found in its collected look.
    Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 May 2025
  • The venerable American clan at the center of the narrator’s reminiscences are wholly unfitted to the modern world and no longer endowed with the fortune that one of them brought home long ago on clipper ships.
    Daniel Akst, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022
Adjective
  • Bears are betting the president is incapable of doing either.
    Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
  • Dakota Johnson, queen of all nepo babies, is incapable of being boring.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 May 2025

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“Unskilled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unskilled. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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