Synonyms for unskilled
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Inexpert
inexpert, unskillful, unskilful UK, incompetent, amateurish, unprofessional, inept, amateur, clumsy, bad, awkward, bungling, green, maladroit, unproficient, inapt
2. Inexperienced
inexperienced, unexperienced, ignorant, unschooled, unqualified, unprepared, incapable, crude, raw, fresh, unpracticed US, unpractised UK, unversed, unfledged
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Of a person or workforce: not having a skill or technical training.
- adj. 2
Of a job: not requiring skill or training.
Related words
- Word family
- unskillful
- Phrases
- unskilled person
- Is a kind of
- lacking
Example sentences
- incompetent Incompetent people are the ones who talk the most.
- amateurish Sami did something stupid and so amateurish.
- inexperienced Tom is inexperienced and makes extreme statements.
- unexperienced A young person is unexperienced in the affairs of life.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| unskilled | falling | |
| incompetent | falling | |
| amateurish | steady | |
| unskillful | steady | |
| inexpert | falling | |
| inexperienced | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1, raw1
- 5 letters
- green1, fresh1, crude1, inept2, inapt
- 6 letters
- clumsy2, menial3
- 7 letters
- awkward2, amateur3, artless
- 8 letters
- ignorant3, bungling3, inexpert, unversed
- 9 letters
- incapable4, maladroit3, unfledged, unskilful
- 10 letters
- unprepared3, amateurish4, unschooled, unskillful
- 11 letters
- incompetent4, unqualified4, unpracticed, unpractised
- 12 letters
- unproficient
- 13 letters
- inexperienced5, unexperienced
- 14 letters
- unprofessional5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (inept2 = 2 syllables).