unskilled

  • (a) 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
  • (s) lacking professional skill or expertise
    • a very amateurish job
    • inexpert but conscientious efforts
    • an unskilled painting
    amateurish, inexpert, amateur,
  • (s) not doing a good job
    • incompetent at chess
    incompetent,

Synonyms

amateurish inexpert amateur incompetent

Antonyms

skilled

See also

incompetent inexperienced inexperient

Words of close approximity

unskilled person