unskillful

unskillful
    adj 1: poorly done; "a botchy piece of work"; "it was an
           unskillful attempt" [syn: {botchy}, {butcherly},
           {unskillful}]
    

Unskillful \Un*skill"ful\, a. [Spelt also unskilful.]
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   1. Not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an
      unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician.
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   2. Lacking discernment; injudicious; ignorant.
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            Though it make the unskillful laugh, can not but
            make the judicious grieve.            --Shak.
      [1913 Webster] -- {Un*skill"ful*ly}, adv. --
      {Un*skill"ful*ness}, n.
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72 Moby Thesaurus words for "unskillful":
      alert, artless, bad, base, black, criminal, deficient, evil,
      half-assed, ill, imperfect, improper, inaccurate, inadept,
      inadequate, inapt, inattentive, inauspicious, incapable,
      incompetent, inefficient, inept, inexpedient, inexpert, inferior,
      insufficient, invalid, little, maladroit, malevolent, mean,
      mediocre, not comparable, not in it, open-eyed, out of it, peccant,
      pedestrian, petty, poor, shabby, sinful, sinister, skill-less,
      small, thoughtless, trivial, unapt, undeft, undexterous,
      undextrous, unfacile, unfavorable, unfitted, unhandy, unhealthy,
      unintelligent, unkind, unpleasant, unproficient, unqualified,
      unready, unskilled, unsleeping, untoward, unworkmanlike, vicious,
      vigilant, wakeful, wicked, wide-awake, wrong