Antonyms for unskilled

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uhn-skild

Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈskɪld

Definition of unskilled

Origin : 1580s, from un- (1) "not" + skill.

adj untrained

Example sentences :

As affection to those who are unskilled in all things, so is affection to those who despair of all things.
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

It meant that though labor was relatively plentiful, much of it was unskilled.
Extract from : « The Fabric of Civilization » by Anonymous

And who have confidence when fighting on horseback—the skilled horseman or the unskilled?
Extract from : « Protagoras » by Plato

The range of occupations in unskilled work, however, was fairly wide.
Extract from : « Negro Migration during the War » by Emmett J. Scott

It seems clear that most of the migrants were engaged in unskilled labor.
Extract from : « Negro Migration during the War » by Emmett J. Scott

In some of the unskilled departments fifty per cent of the employes are black.
Extract from : « Negro Migration during the War » by Emmett J. Scott

Three words had reduced him again to Lantee, unskilled laborer.
Extract from : « Storm Over Warlock » by Andre Norton

Of course his first reliance is on the manual laborers, skilled and unskilled.
Extract from : « Socialism As It Is » by William English Walling

The jury is like an unskilled gladiator entangled in the meshes of his own net.
Extract from : « The Cult of Incompetence » by Emile Faguet

Data was collected for skilled, semi-skilled, and unskilled labor.
Extract from : « The Settlement of Wage Disputes » by Herbert Feis

Synonyms for unskilled

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