unskilled
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency
unskilled in the art of rhetoric
Related & opposite
- incompetent also see
- inexperienced also see
- skilled antonym
- artless similar to
- butcherly similar to
- bungled similar to
- bungling similar to
- crude similar to
- hopeless similar to
- menial similar to
- lubberly similar to
- out of practicep similar to
- semiskilleda similar to
- weak similar to
Sense 2 adjective
lacking professional skill or expertise
a very amateurish job
Related & opposite
- amateurishness derivation
- amateur derivation
- unprofessional similar to
Sense 3 adjective
not doing a good job
incompetent at chess
Related & opposite
- incompetence derivation
- bad similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | incompetent |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | inexperienced |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | skilled |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | artless |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | butcherly |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | bungled |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | bungling |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | crude |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | hopeless |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | menial |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | lubberly |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | out of practicep |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | semiskilleda |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | weak |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | amateurishness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | amateur |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | unprofessional |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | incompetence |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | bad |