skillessadj.

Brit.

/ˈskɪlləs/, U.S.

/ˈskɪ(l)ləs/

Forms: Also Middle English skilllæs, 1500s skilles, 1500s–1600s skillesse, 1500s skyllesse, 1800s– skill-less.

Etymology: < skill n.¹ + -less suffix.

1. Devoid of (†reason or) knowledge; ignorant.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > lack of reason, irrationality > [adjective]

skillessc1175

unskilwisec1340

witlessa1382

unreasonablec1384

reasonlessa1450

unrationablea1500

unreasoned1582

irrationable1583

discourseless1620

irrational1661

unreasoning1682

dicked-up1967

ill1979

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adjective]

unlearedeOE

untowenc1000

unwittyc1000

skillessc1175

uncouthc1220

lewda1225

lorelessa1300

simplea1325

layc1330

uncunning1340

untaughtc1340

unknowingc1350

rudea1382

roida1400

unquainta1400

ignorant?c1400

unlearnedc1400

misknowing?a1425

simple-hearted?c1425

unknownc1475

unkenningc1480

unweeting1483

nescienta1500

craftlessc1530

misliterate1532

sillya1547

ingram1553

gross1561

inscient1578

borowe1579

plain-headeda1586

empirical1588

rudeful1589

lack-learning1590

learnless?1593

wotless?1594

ingrant1597

untutored1597

small-knowing1598

uninstructed1598

unlearnt1609

unread1609

unware?1611

nescious1623

inscious1633

inscientifical1660

uninformed1702

unaware1704

unable1721

unsuspecting1776

inerudite1801

ill-informed1824

incognoscent1827

unminded1831

unknowledgeable1837

knowledgelessc1843

parviscient1862

clueless1943

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3715 Wiþþ mann kinn. þatt wass stunnt. & dill & skilllæs swa summ asse.

1561 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc ii. ii Lest skilles rage throwe doune with head~long fal Their lands.

1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1240/2 Walter Malclerke or skillesse clerke, treasuror of England.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iii. 9 [Through] iealousie, what might befall your trauell [printed rravell], Being skillesse in these parts.

1627 T. May tr. Lucan Pharsalia (1631) x. 595 The skillesse people run Through the vast pallace scatter'd vp, and downe.

1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision II. ix. 100 A heavenly dame, not skilless of these things.

1818 J. Keats Endymion iii. 148 A little patience, youth! 'twill not be long, Or I am skilless quite.

a. Lacking skill; unskilled, unskilful.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective]

craftlessOE

unslyc1275

unexperta1425

incrafty?1520

imperite?1550

unskilful1565

skilless1573

artless1586

inexpert1598

unarted1603

boisterous1609

unhandsomea1616

unwieldy1666

unartful1683

undexterous1688

unaccomplished1709

not so (also not too) hot1845

rotten1867

one-fingered1868

button pushing1896

1573 T. Tusser Points Huswifrie (new ed.) f. 26, in Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) From Cities ioy, to country care, to skilles folke, is homely change.

1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. iii. 131 Like powder in a skillesse souldiers flaske, Is set a fier.

a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 55/1 Some young Phaeton, Whose skilless and unstaved Hand May prove the Ruin of the Land.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Yorks. 203 But Swords and Guns have not made more mortal wounds, than Probes in the hands of carelesse and skillesse Chirurgeons.

1821 Ld. Byron Sardanapalus v. i. 143 Let me see the wound; I am not quite skilless.

1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story II. xlix. 379 A mind, not ignoble, not skilless, not abjectly craven.

1890 Spectator 18 Oct. [To] organise a brigade of poor gentlemen to replace these arrogant and skilless dockers.

b. Of things: Showing a lack of skill; badly made, crude, inartistic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > unskilled in art or craft > not displaying technical skill

unartificial1591

inartificial1609

unartful1675

unartistlike1757

skilless1830

1830 W. Godwin Cloudesley I. x. 156 The crude and skill-less impositions of the Turk.

1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles Introd. i. 115 In their skill-less delineations the artists could not manage to find room for more.

1860 Ld. Lytton Lucile ii. iv. 5 What matter though skilless the lay be, and rude?

Derivatives

ˈskillessness n. want of skill.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun]

uncraftiness?1520

unexpertness1538

unskilfulness1544

unskill1565

sinisterity1623

inexpertness1744

skillessness1823

inexpertise1926

1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 14 183 He had messed the mouth of a loose-fish by his awkward and impotent skillessness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	skilless
释义	skillessadj. Brit. /ˈskɪlləs/, U.S. /ˈskɪ(l)ləs/ Forms: Also Middle English skilllæs, 1500s skilles, 1500s–1600s skillesse, 1500s skyllesse, 1800s– skill-less. Etymology: < skill n.¹ + -less suffix. 1. Devoid of (†reason or) knowledge; ignorant. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > lack of reason, irrationality > [adjective] skillessc1175 unskilwisec1340 witlessa1382 unreasonablec1384 reasonlessa1450 unrationablea1500 unreasoned1582 irrationable1583 discourseless1620 irrational1661 unreasoning1682 dicked-up1967 ill1979 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adjective] unlearedeOE untowenc1000 unwittyc1000 skillessc1175 uncouthc1220 lewda1225 lorelessa1300 simplea1325 layc1330 uncunning1340 untaughtc1340 unknowingc1350 rudea1382 roida1400 unquainta1400 ignorant?c1400 unlearnedc1400 misknowing?a1425 simple-hearted?c1425 unknownc1475 unkenningc1480 unweeting1483 nescienta1500 craftlessc1530 misliterate1532 sillya1547 ingram1553 gross1561 inscient1578 borowe1579 plain-headeda1586 empirical1588 rudeful1589 lack-learning1590 learnless?1593 wotless?1594 ingrant1597 untutored1597 small-knowing1598 uninstructed1598 unlearnt1609 unread1609 unware?1611 nescious1623 inscious1633 inscientifical1660 uninformed1702 unaware1704 unable1721 unsuspecting1776 inerudite1801 ill-informed1824 incognoscent1827 unminded1831 unknowledgeable1837 knowledgelessc1843 parviscient1862 clueless1943 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 3715 Wiþþ mann kinn. þatt wass stunnt. & dill & skilllæs swa summ asse. 1561 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc ii. ii Lest skilles rage throwe doune with head~long fal Their lands. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1240/2 Walter Malclerke or skillesse clerke, treasuror of England. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) iii. iii. 9 [Through] iealousie, what might befall your trauell [printed rravell], Being skillesse in these parts. View more context for this quotation 1627 T. May tr. Lucan Pharsalia (1631) x. 595 The skillesse people run Through the vast pallace scatter'd vp, and downe. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision II. ix. 100 A heavenly dame, not skilless of these things. 1818 J. Keats Endymion iii. 148 A little patience, youth! 'twill not be long, Or I am skilless quite. 2. a. Lacking skill; unskilled, unskilful. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] craftlessOE unslyc1275 unexperta1425 incrafty?1520 imperite?1550 unskilful1565 skilless1573 artless1586 inexpert1598 unarted1603 boisterous1609 unhandsomea1616 unwieldy1666 unartful1683 undexterous1688 unaccomplished1709 not so (also not too) hot1845 rotten1867 one-fingered1868 button pushing1896 1573 T. Tusser Points Huswifrie (new ed.) f. 26, in Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) From Cities ioy, to country care, to skilles folke, is homely change. 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iii. iii. 131 Like powder in a skillesse souldiers flaske, Is set a fier. View more context for this quotation a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 55/1 Some young Phaeton, Whose skilless and unstaved Hand May prove the Ruin of the Land. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Yorks. 203 But Swords and Guns have not made more mortal wounds, than Probes in the hands of carelesse and skillesse Chirurgeons. 1821 Ld. Byron Sardanapalus v. i. 143 Let me see the wound; I am not quite skilless. 1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story II. xlix. 379 A mind, not ignoble, not skilless, not abjectly craven. 1890 Spectator 18 Oct. [To] organise a brigade of poor gentlemen to replace these arrogant and skilless dockers. b. Of things: Showing a lack of skill; badly made, crude, inartistic. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > unskilled in art or craft > not displaying technical skill unartificial1591 inartificial1609 unartful1675 unartistlike1757 skilless1830 1830 W. Godwin Cloudesley I. x. 156 The crude and skill-less impositions of the Turk. 1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles Introd. i. 115 In their skill-less delineations the artists could not manage to find room for more. 1860 Ld. Lytton Lucile ii. iv. 5 What matter though skilless the lay be, and rude? Derivatives ˈskillessness n. want of skill. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] uncraftiness?1520 unexpertness1538 unskilfulness1544 unskill1565 sinisterity1623 inexpertness1744 skillessness1823 inexpertise1926 1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 14 183 He had messed the mouth of a loose-fish by his awkward and impotent skillessness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.c1175
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