Hypertext Webster Gateway: "unskillful"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Unskillful \Un*skill"ful\, a. [Spelt also unskilful.]
1. Not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an
unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician.

2. Lacking discernment; injudicious; ignorant.

Though it make the unskillful laugh, can not but
make the judicious grieve. --Shak.
-- {Un*skill"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Un*skill"ful*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

unskillful
adj : poorly done; "a botchy piece of work"; "it was an unskillful
attempt" [syn: {botchy}, {butcherly}]


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