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unskillful

 
Dictionary: un·skill·ful   (ŭn-skĭl'fəl) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Unskilled; inexpert.
  2. Obsolete. Ignorant.
unskillfully un·skill'ful·ly adv.
unskillfulness un'skill'ful·ness n.

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adjective

  1. Lacking the qualities, as efficiency or skill, required to produce desired results: inapt, incapable, incompetent, inefficient, inept, inexpert, unskilled, unworkmanlike. See ability/inability.
  2. Lacking the required professional skill: amateurish, dilettante, dilettantish, nonprofessional, unprofessional, unskilled. See ability/inability.
  3. Clumsily lacking in the ability to do or perform: awkward, bumbling, clumsy, gauche, heavy-handed, inept, maladroit. See ability/inability.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: poorly done
  Synonyms: botchy, butcherly


 
 
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