unskilled

[ uhn-skild ]

adjective

1. of or relating to workers who lack technical training or skill.
2. not demanding special training or skill:

   unskilled occupations.

3. exhibiting a marked lack of skill or competence:

   an unskilled painting; an unskilled writer.

4. not skilled skill skilled or expert:

   He was unskilled in the art of rhetoric.

unskilled

/ ʌnˈskɪld /

adjective

1. not having or requiring any special skill or training

   an unskilled job

   unskilled workers

2. having or displaying no skill; inexpert

   he is quite unskilled at dancing

Word History and Origins

Origin of unskilled¹

First recorded in 1575–85; un- ¹ + skilled

Example Sentences

The second way, Mr Sundar said, is by hiring young, unskilled workers, especially from rural areas, by attracting them with a good starting salary.

From BBC

Investigators said there were a number of safety issues at the plant, including a failure to address quality defects in batteries and hiring unskilled staff to handle dangerous materials.

From BBC

I think anyone who’s done unskilled labor would be able to relate.

From Los Angeles Times

But while knitting has often been dismissed as unskilled, poorly paid "women's work," the properties of knits can be more complex than traditional engineering materials like rubbers or metals.

From Science Daily

Pressed again on what counts as non-essential immigration, he says "unskilled labour", adding he does think care workers are skilled, but when pressed for an example he says "physical, manual labour".

From BBC

Related Words

• incompetent
• inexperienced
• uneducated
• unqualified
• unschooled