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unˈskilfulness [un-1 12.] The quality of being unskilful; inexpertness, † ignorance.
c1410Lanterne Liȝt 115 God forbediþ þe vnleful takyng of oþir mennes goodis & so..refreyneþ þe vnskilfulnes of mannes dede. 1544Betham Precepts i. ccii, Theyr vnskylfulnesse is the great destruction of the whole hoste, when they knowe not howe for to kepe theyr arraye. 1576Fleming Panopl. Epist. ¶ iiij, In consideration of the gatherers vnskilfulnesse. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 399 They double their numbers at foure, as we doe at ten, through vnskilfulnesse in numbring. 1691Hartcliffe Virtues 231 Hence we are obliged not to impose upon any Man's ignorance or unskilfulness. 1748Anson's Voyage ii. x. 242 The indolence and unskilfulness of the Spanish sailors. 1776Gibbon Decl. & F. vi. (1782) I. 193 The siege..was protracted to the tenth year..by the unskilfulness of the besiegers. 1828Lytton Pelham III. xi, Tyrrell, who believed he should readily recruit himself by my unskilfulness in the game, fell easily into the snare. 1869Duke of Argyll Primeval Man iii. 100 This..may be due to the unskilfulness of early art. |