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How to pronounce unskilled in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms amateur, amateurish, inexpert


an unskilled painting.
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Synonyms incompetent
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unskilled in the art of rhetoric.
unskilled labor.
workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities.
unskilled workmanship.

Examples of unskilled

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He divided his newly hired unskilled workers into two groups to test his theory.
From the courier-journal.com
Unskilled whites suffered, too, since unpaid black labour depressed their wages.
From the economist.com
Yet the world's biggest exporting nation is not creating jobs for the unskilled.
From the economist.com
Comparatively unskilled, marginally educated men once could make decent livings.
From the kentucky.com
I agree with you on many points, but most Latino immigration is unskilled labor.
From the economist.com
Why in high-income economies is there still a robust demand for unskilled labor?
From the nytimes.com
Washington has a larger ratio of skilled workers to unskilled compared to Idaho.
From the economist.com
The country had a large demand for unskilled labour in the manufacturing sector.
From the en.wikipedia.org
These facilities are sometimes found to hire unskilled and untrained employees.
From the businessweek.com
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  • 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"
  • Amateurish: lacking professional skill or expertise; "a very amateurish job"; "inexpert but conscientious efforts"; "an unskilled painting"
  • Incompetent: not doing a good job; "incompetent at chess"
  • A laborer is one of the construction trades, traditionally considered unskilled manual labor, as opposed to skilled labor. In the division of labor, laborers have all blasting, hand tools, power tools, air tools, and small heavy equipment, and act as assistants to other trades, e.g. ...
  • Of a person or workforce: not having a skill or technical training; Of a job: not requiring skill or training; Of a made object: inexpertly made or showing a lack of skill
  • Is compose of the prefix "un" plus the past participle of the verb "skill"
  • A person who lacks a level of competence through education and/or experience in an occupational field.