What is another word for unskilful?

Pronunciation: [ʌnskˈɪlfə͡l] (IPA)

Unskilful is a term that describes a lack of skill or ability in performing a particular task or activity. Synonyms for unskilful include inept, clumsy, uncoordinated, awkward, and bungling. Inept refers to a general lack of skill or ability, while clumsy and uncoordinated suggest a lack of grace and agility. Awkward implies difficulty in handling something, and bungling means making a mess of a task or situation. Other synonyms for unskilful include incompetent, inexpert, amateurish, and untrained. These terms reflect a varying degree of proficiency and expertise, with some suggesting a complete lack of skill and others indicating a lesser level of ability.

What are the hypernyms for Unskilful?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for unskilful?

The antonyms for the word "unskilful" can be "skilled", "adept", "proficient", "experienced", "competent", "capable", "talented", "expert", "masterful", and "virtuoso". These words signify the opposite of unskilful, which implies a lack of knowledge, training, or experience. The term skilled describes someone who has mastered a particular skill or task, as opposed to unskilful, who has not yet gained sufficient expertise. Adept is another antonym that denotes proficiency in a particular field or skill. Similarly, proficient suggests having the necessary knowledge and expertise to perform a task effectively. These antonyms for unskilful emphasize the importance of developing and maintaining a high level of skill and expertise in today's competitive world.

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Usage examples for Unskilful

The crush was so great that her partner, who was not much of a pilot, generally succeeded in steering her into some little side bay, where they came slowly to rest by mere friction, or else landed her right in the middle of the room, where there was a throng of unskilful dancers become stationary in spite of themselves.
"The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols"
William Black
The objection to peasant proprietorship is, that he who does the labour of a farm with his own hands, must usually be a poor and unskilful person.
"Political economy"
W. Stanley Jevons
In the first place, if a day's labour of given length always produces the same value, it is obvious to ask whether then an indolent and unskilful tailor who takes a week to make a coat has produced as much value as the more expert hand who turns out six in this time, or, with the help of a machine, perhaps twenty?
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae

Famous quotes with Unskilful

  • To my deprivation, to my sorrow, sinew was brave. The world would not be if not for my offspring. I am a bard to be praised. The unskilful May he be possessed by the ravens and eagle and bird of wrath.
    Taliesin
  • And this dread we take sometime for a meekness, but it is a foul blindness and a weakness. And we cannot despise it as we do another sin, that we know: for it cometh of Enmity, and it is against truth. For it is God’s will that of all the properties of the blissful Trinity, we should have most sureness and comfort in Love: for Love maketh Might and Wisdom full meek to us. For right as by the courtesy of God He forgiveth our sin after the time that we repent us, right so willeth He that we forgive our sin, as anent our unskilful heaviness and our doubtful dreads.
    Julian of Norwich

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