The meaning of Unskilled

noun

A person who engages in a pursuit, especially a sport, on an unpaid rather than a professional basis.

Usage examples:

It takes five years for a top amateur to become a real tour de france rider

adjective

Engaging or engaged in without payment; non-professional.

Usage examples:

Amateur athletics

adjective

Done in an unskilful or inept way.

Usage examples:

Her amateurish interviewing technique

adjective

Performed without much skill

Usage examples:

The movie drags along, made even worse by amateurish acting.

adjective

Relating to people who do physical work rather than mental work, and who usually do not work in an office

Usage examples:

Blue-collar workers.

adjective

Relating to jobs that involve physical work, especially work that you do not need any special skills to be able to do

Usage examples:

Blue-collar jobs, blue-collar workers

adjective

Having little knowledge or experience of a particular thing.

Usage examples:

An inexperienced driver

adjective

Having or showing a lack of skill or knowledge.

Usage examples:

An inexpert transcription from the real music

adjective

Having little skill

Usage examples:

She had made an inexpert attempt to repair the car.

adjective

Working at an unskilled manual occupation.

Usage examples:

The labouring classes

verb

Work hard; make great effort.

Usage examples:

They laboured from dawn to dusk

verb

Present participle of labour

Usage examples:

He travelled around europe labouring to pay his way., [ + to infinitive ] three hours after the exp…

adjective

Relating to or done with the hands.

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Manual dexterity

noun

A book giving instructions or information.

Usage examples:

A computer manual

adjective

Done or operated with the hands

Usage examples:

The mail can be sorted faster by machine then by manual sorting., he has callouses on his hands fro…

adjective

(of work) not requiring much skill and lacking prestige.

Usage examples:

Menial factory jobs

noun

A person with a menial job.

Usage examples:

Despite tall claims that a determined attempt to eradicate child labour has been initiated, hundred…

adjective

Showing little skill.

Usage examples:

An unaccomplished poet

adjective

Having or showing a poor level of education.

Usage examples:

The workforce remains largely uneducated and unskilled

adjective

Having received little education

adjective

Not equipped with the necessary items or skills.

Usage examples:

Kids unequipped to deal with the situation

adjective

Not trained or experienced.

Usage examples:

To the unpractised eye, the result might appear a hotchpotch

adjective

(of a person) not officially recognized as a practitioner of a particular profession or activity through having satisfied the relevant conditions or requirements.

Usage examples:

No company would permit an unqualified accountant to audit its books

adjective

Lacking the skills and experience needed for a particular job

Usage examples:

I liked her, but she was unqualified for the job., my first attempt was an unqualified success.

adjective

Not educated or trained.

Usage examples:

She was unschooled in the niceties of royal behaviour

adjective

Not having been taught or educated.

Usage examples:

She is totally untaught and will not listen

verb

Cause (someone) to forget something learned previously.

Usage examples:

I'll have a problem unteaching them but you don't know anything so you have nothing to unlearn

adjective

Not having been trained in a particular skill.

Usage examples:

Self-styled doctors untrained in diagnosis

adjective

Never having been taught the skills for a particular job or activity

Usage examples:

Untrained staff, the notation is designed to make it easier for untrained singers to read music., t…

adjective

Not experienced, skilled, or knowledgeable.

Usage examples:

He was unversed in washington ways

adjective

Not knowing a lot about a particular thing or having experience of it

Usage examples:

The article was difficult to follow for a reader unversed in the subject.