unskilled
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
unskilled
adj 1: 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" [ant: {skilled}]
2: lacking professional skill or expertise; "a very amateurish
job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts"; "an unskilled
painting" [syn: {amateurish}, {amateur}, {inexpert},
{unskilled}]
3: not doing a good job; "incompetent at chess" [syn:
{incompetent}, {unskilled}]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "unskilled":
a novice at, a stranger to, amateurish, callow, dabbling,
dilettante, dilettantish, fresh, green, green as grass, ignorant,
immature, incapable, incompetent, inept, inexperienced, inexpert,
jackleg, new to, raw, semiskilled, unaccomplished, unaccustomed to,
unacquainted with, unbusinesslike, uncoached, unconversant,
unconversant with, undeveloped, unendowed, unexperienced,
unfamiliar with, unfinished, unfledged, ungifted, uninitiated,
uninitiated in, unmatured, unpolished, unpracticed, unpracticed in,
unprepared, unprimed, unprofessional, unripe, unschooled,
unseasoned, unskilled in, unskillful, untalented, untaught,
untrained, untried, untutored, unused to, unversed, unversed in,
unworkmanlike
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