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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Lacking skill or technical training.
  • adjective Requiring no training or skill.
  • adjective Exhibiting a lack of skill; inexpert.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Lacking skill; destitute of or not characterized by special skill or trained dexterity.
  • Destitute of practical knowledge; unacquainted; unfamiliar: as, unskilled in chemistry.
  • Produced without skill or dexterity; showing no evidence of skill in production.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Of a person or workforce: not having a skill or technical training.
  • adjective Of a job: not requiring skill or training.
  • adjective Of a made object: inexpertly made or showing a lack of skill.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective not doing a good job
  • adjective not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency
  • adjective lacking professional skill or expertise

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