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unˈskilled, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not skilled or expert in something; ignorant of; untrained or unable to.
1581T. Howell Deuises H iv, Thus harte to faine vnskilde, in being whole is broke. 1612Drayton Poly-olb. iv. 174 In fing'ring some unskill'd, but only us'd to sing Unto the other's harp. 1693Dryden Persius iii. 63 Down goes the Wretch at once, unskill'd to swim. 1717Pope Iliad ix. 568 Thy youth as then in sage debates unskill'd. 1725― Odyss. iv. 1021 Thus he [spoke], unskill'd of what the Fates provide! 1791Cowper Iliad v. 77 Unskill'd to spell aright The oracles predictive of the woe. 1823Mrs. Hemans Vespers of Palermo iii. v, If in this unskill'd, you stand alone Amidst our court of pleasure. 1863H. Cox Instit. i. viii. 123 The members of the committee are usually unskilled in the rules of evidence.
b. Without const.
1693Prior To C'tess of Exeter 3 Unskill'd and young, yet something still I writ, Of Ca'ndish Beauty join'd to Cecil's Wit. a1749A. Hill Epilogue 20 The world's wide stage..Sees some act nobly, others play unskill'd. 1818Shelley Rosal. & Helen 1066 An unskilled hand..had the marble warmed With that pathetic life. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. II. 94 Butter..melted from salt beef;..the unskilled might call it tallow. 1871Jowett Plato I. 154 None of us unskilled individuals can..become physicians.
c. spec. Not skilled in some handicraft; devoid of technical training.
1851Mayhew London Labour II. 323/1 With unskilled labourers it is otherwise. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. I. 4 Any able-bodied unskilled labourer earns as soon as he has arrived at man's estate.
2. Not involving or requiring skill; displaying lack of skill.
1833H. Martineau Tale of Tyne i. 8 All works of tillage have been mixed up together under the name of unskilled labour. 1849G. Ticknor Span. Lit. I. 109 If their unskilled verses were preserved at all. 1869Froude Short Stud. (1871) 337 Take the lowest and most unskilled labour of all, that of the peasant in the field. |