Unskilled definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

unskilled in American English · 1. of or pertaining to workers who lack technical training or skill · 2. not demanding special training or skill. unskilled ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'unskilled'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× unskilled (ʌnskɪld ) 1. adjective Peoplewhoareunskilleddonothaveanyspecialtrainingforajob. HewenttoParisinsearchofworkasanunskilledlabourer. Mostofthosewholefttheprovincetoworkabroadwereunskilled. Synonyms:unprofessional,inexperienced,unqualified,untrained MoreSynonymsofunskilled 2. adjective[usuallyADJECTIVEnoun] Unskilledworkdoesnotrequireanyspecialtraining. IntheU.S.,minoritiesandimmigrantshavegenerallygoneintolow-paid,unskilled jobs. COBUILDAdvancedEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Video:pronunciationof unskilled Youmayalsolike EnglishQuizConfusables Synonymsof'unskilled' LanguageLover'sBlog FrenchTranslationof'unskilled' Translateyourtext PronunciationPlaylists Wordoftheday:'wildlife' HindiTranslationof'unskilled' NEWfromCollins! EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency unskilledinBritishEnglish (ʌnˈskɪld ) adjective1. nothavingorrequiringanyspecialskillortraining unskilledworkers anunskilledjob 2. havingordisplayingnoskill;inexpert heisquiteunskilledatdancing CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers WordFrequency unskilledinAmericanEnglish (ʌnˈskɪld ) adjective notskilled;specif.,a.  havingnospecialskillortraining b.  requiringorusingnospecialskillortraining unskilledlabor c.  showingalackofskill Webster’sNewWorldCollegeDictionary,4thEdition.Copyright©2010by HoughtonMifflinHarcourt.Allrightsreserved. WordFrequency unskilledinAmericanEnglish (ʌnˈskɪld) adjective1. oforpertainingtoworkerswholacktechnicaltrainingorskill 2. notdemandingspecialtrainingorskill unskilledoccupations 3. exhibitingamarkedlackofskillorcompetence anunskilledpainting anunskilledwriter 4. notskilledorexpert Hewasunskilledintheartofrhetoric Mostmaterial©2005,1997,1991byPenguinRandomHouseLLC.Modifiedentries©2019 byPenguinRandomHouseLLCandHarperCollinsPublishersLtd Wordorigin[1575–85;un-1+skilled] Examplesof'unskilled'inasentence unskilled Theseexampleshavebeenautomaticallyselectedandmaycontainsensitivecontent.Readmore… Thisislargelyuntrue,barringasmalleffectonrealwagesinunskilledjobssuchascleaning.Times,SundayTimes(2016)Thesameseemstobetrueforunskilledlabour.Forstner,Helmut,Ballance,RobertCompetinginaGlobalEconomy(1990)Theydoallthecarework,theunskilledworkandtheseasonalwork.Times,SundayTimes(2008)Wedon'tneedpeopletocomeinanddounskilledjobs.Times,SundayTimes(2011)ThegovernmentsubsequentlyannouncedthatstudentswouldnolongerbeabletoremaininBritaintoworkinunskilledjobswhentheircourseswerefinished.Times,SundayTimes(2010)Hesaid:'Wedoneedalotofunskilledlabourtopickfruit.TheSun(2015)Thisparachutinginofunskilledmanuallabourdoesnotseemlikeasensiblewaytorunapostalsystembutwearen'thereforourmailingability.Times,SundayTimes(2008)IdoubtwhetherAmazonisdrivenbysocialconsciencetopreservethousandsofunskilledjobsthatdon'tneedtoexist.Times,SundayTimes(2015) Trendsof unskilled Viewusagefor: AllYears Last10years Last50years Last100years Last300years Inotherlanguages unskilled BritishEnglish:unskilled /ʌnˈskɪld/ADJECTIVEPeoplewhoareunskilleddonothaveanyspecialtrainingforajob.Heworkedasanunskilledlabourer.AmericanEnglish:unskilled /ʌnˈskɪld/Arabic:غَيْرُمَاهِر BrazilianPortuguese:nãoespecializado Chinese:不熟练的 Croatian:nevješt Czech:nekvalifikovaný Danish:ufaglært Dutch:ongeschoold EuropeanSpanish:nocualificado Finnish:ammattitaidoton French:nonqualifié German:ungelernt Greek:ανειδίκευτος Italian:nonspecializzato Japanese:熟練していない Korean:미숙한 Norwegian:ufaglært Polish:niewykwalifikowany EuropeanPortuguese:nãoespecializado Romanian:necalificatRussian:неквалифицированный LatinAmericanSpanish:nocalificado Swedish:outbildad Thai:ไร้ฝีมือ,ขาดทักษะTurkish:niteliksiz Ukrainian:некваліфікованийVietnamese:khôngcóchuyênmôn Translateyourtextforfree Browsealphabetically unskilled unsizeable unsized unskilful unskilled unskilledlabor unskilledlabour unskilledlabourer AllENGLISHwordsthatbeginwith'U' Relatedtermsof unskilled unskilledlabor unskilledlabour unskilledlabourer unskilledworker Source DefinitionofunskilledfromtheCollinsEnglishDictionary ReadabouttheteamofauthorsbehindCollinsDictionaries. 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