Antonyms for unskillful


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-skil-fuhl
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈskɪl fəl


Definition of unskillful

Origin :
  • late 14c., "foolish," from un- (1) "not" + skillful. Meaning "inexpert" is from 1560s. Related: Unskillfully.
  • adj not skilled
Example sentences :
  • In short, the conservatives were unfortunate, because they were unskillful and imprudent.
  • Extract from : « History of the Jews, Vol. V (of 6) » by Heinrich Graetz
  • Phil, however, feared to trust the violin in unskillful hands.
  • Extract from : « Phil the Fiddler » by Horatio Alger, Jr.
  • The little man had such trouble to shape his unskillful lips to the words.
  • Extract from : « Timar's Two Worlds » by Mr Jkai
  • As a playwright he was, in fact, usually imitative and often unskillful.
  • Extract from : « Tragedy » by Ashley H. Thorndike
  • This prince was, in truth, the most unskillful archer in his whole kingdom.
  • Extract from : « Voltaire's Romances » by Franois-Marie Arouet
  • I preach in the simplest manner to the unskillful, and that giveth content to all.
  • Extract from : « Many Thoughts of Many Minds » by Various
  • She's nobody in particular, socially, and it will seem an unskillful thing to have asked her—and then she has ideas.
  • Extract from : « The Faith Doctor » by Edward Eggleston
  • Such hid treasure should find the light, even though quarried by unskillful hands.
  • Extract from : « A Story of One Short Life, 1783 to 1818 » by Elisabeth G. Stryker
  • Thus we see that unskillful endeavours to solve difficulties, only raise fresh ones, and make confusion worse confounded.
  • Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part II] » by Benedict of Spinoza
  • Noted pictures were spoken of as having lost their charm through an unskillful cleaner.
  • Extract from : « Caricature and Other Comic Art » by James Parton.

Synonyms for unskillful

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