What is the meaning of unskilled?

adjective

  • Not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency.
    • usage: "unskilled in the art of rhetoric"; "an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber"; "unskilled labor"; "workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities"; "unskilled workmanship"
  • Lacking professional skill or expertise.
    • usage: "a very amateurish job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts"; "an unskilled painting"
  • Not doing a good job.
    • usage: "incompetent at chess"
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