What is another word for unskilled?
Synonyms for unskilled
ʌnˈskɪldun·skilled
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
unskilled
Ignorant signifies destitute of education or knowledge, or lacking knowledge or information; it is thus a relative term. The most learned man is still ignorant of many things; persons are spoken of as ignorant who have not the knowledge that has become generally diffused in the world; the ignorant savage may be well instructed in matters of the field and the chase, and is thus more properly untutored than ignorant. Illiterate is without letters and the knowledge that comes through reading. Unlettered is similar in meaning to illiterate, but less absolute; the unlettered man may have acquired the art of reading and writing and some elementary knowledge; the uneducated man has never taken any systematic course of mental training. Ignorance is relative; illiteracy is absolute; we have statistics of illiteracy; no statistics of ignorance are possible.
Synonyms:
ignorant, ill-informed, illiterate, uneducated, unenlightened, uninformed, uninstructed, unlearned, unlettered, untaught, untutoredAntonyms:
educated, instructed, learned, sage, skilled, trained, well-informed, wise
Princeton's WordNet
unskilledadjective
not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency
"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"
Synonyms:
incompetent, inexpert, amateurish, amateurAntonyms:
versatile, consummate, accomplished, good, technical, complete, skilful, practiced, ball-hawking, sure-handed, proficient, skilled, virtuoso(a), expert, adept, masterly, skillful, delicate, mean, masterful, arch(a), professional, hotamateurish, amateur, inexpert, unskilledadjective
lacking professional skill or expertise
"a very amateurish job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts"; "an unskilled painting"
Synonyms:
recreational, incompetent, inexpert, amateur, unpaid, amateurishAntonyms:
complete, accomplished, ball-hawking, expert, masterful, arch(a), skillful, virtuoso(a), skilled, consummate, proficient, masterly, good, delicate, technical, versatile, mean, hot, practiced, skilful, professional, adept, sure-handedincompetent, unskilledadjective
not doing a good job
"incompetent at chess"
Synonyms:
inexpert, amateur, unqualified, amateurish, incompetent, bungling, fumbling, incapable, unequal to(p), clumsyAntonyms:
arch(a), complete, proficient, technical, good, consummate, hot, expert, mean, sure-handed, accomplished, delicate, masterful, skillful, practiced, professional, virtuoso(a), adept, skilled, versatile, skilful, masterly, ball-hawking
Dictionary of English Synonymes
unskilledadjective
Synonyms:
inexperienced, undrilled, unexercised, unpractised, undisciplined, uneducated, unschooled, unprepared, rawunskilledadjective
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
unskilledadjective
Synonyms:
unpracticed, unskillful, empirical
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "unskilled":
unqualified, non-skilled, non-specialized, low-skilled, untrained, non-technical, non-qualified, uneducated, non-specialist, lower-skilled
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1935 | amateur | |
#6590 | recreational | |
#13964 | unpaid | |
#14614 | ignorant | |
#20455 | incapable | |
#24911 | incompetent | |
#28776 | clumsy | |
#29086 | unqualified | |
#32447 | illiterate | |
#35413 | unskilled | |
#42339 | uninformed | |
#46925 | uneducated | |
#48964 | untrained | |
#57710 | fumbling | |
#85218 | amateurish | |
#94975 | unlearned | |
#108120 | bungling | |
#139288 | unenlightened | |
#191467 | unlettered | |
#201184 | untutored | |
#261906 | untaught | |
#286358 | inexpert | |
#288760 | uninstructed |
How to use unskilled in a sentence?
There's this idea that is in-built in voluntourism that we in the West have the knowledge and the skills to make a difference, we have a right to make a difference, it doesn't even matter if we're unskilled, it's just the good will that matters because we're somehow bonding anyway.
Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book.
Don't condescend to unskilled labor. Try it for half a day first.
Up until now we have had people rejoining the labor force, which allowed businesses to hire people, especially at the unskilled and semi-skilled level, there are signs that well could be running dry.
Wernher Magnus Maximilian von Braun:
The best computer is a man, and it's the only one that can be mass-produced by unskilled labor.
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