People who are unskilled do not have any special training for a job.
He went to Paris in search of work as an unskilled labourer.
Most of those who left the province to work abroad were unskilled.
Synonyms: unprofessional, inexperienced, unqualified, untrained More Synonyms of unskilled
2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
Unskilled work does not require any special training.
In the U.S., minorities and immigrants have generally gone into low-paid, unskilledjobs.
unskilled in British English
(ʌnˈskɪld)
adjective
1.
not having or requiring any special skill or training
unskilled workers
an unskilled job
2.
having or displaying no skill; inexpert
he is quite unskilled at dancing
unskilled in American English
(ʌnˈskɪld)
adjective
not skilled
; specif.,
a.
having no special skill or training
b.
requiring or using no special skill or training
unskilled labor
c.
showing a lack of skill
Examples of 'unskilled' in a sentence
unskilled
But we also need to think about how we will fill unskilled jobs.
The Sun (2016)
This is largely untrue, barring a small effect on real wages in unskilled jobs such as cleaning.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
My mum was a school cleaner and my dad did unskilled manual work.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
We have already mentioned that economic globalization has reduced the number of jobs available to unskilled workers.
Appelbaum, Richard P. Sociology (1995)
There are no longer any unskilled jobs.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
But this is not a job for the unskilled.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
This country does not need any more unskilled labour.
The Sun (2012)
The same seems to be true for unskilled labour.
Forstner, Helmut, Ballance, Robert Competing in a Global Economy (1990)
Particularly in the cities, bad times forced many unskilled laborers and their families into dire poverty.
Garraty, John Arthur The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995)
They work in unskilled jobs, if they work at all.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
They do all the care work, the unskilled work and the seasonal work.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Only 5 per cent more of those whose parents did unskilled or manual work went to university.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We don't need people to come in and do unskilled jobs.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Investment in Africa flowed into rapidly expanding mineral and plantation resources which required a large unskilled labour input and relatively little skilled labour.
Grenville, J. A. S. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century (1994)
Many are for medical or specialist staff but a quarter of them are vacancies for unskilled jobs as labourers, hotel workers or sales assistants.
The Sun (2012)
The government subsequently announced that students would no longer be able to remain in Britain to work in unskilled jobs when their courses were finished.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
He said: 'We do need a lot of unskilled labour to pick fruit.
The Sun (2015)
This parachuting in of unskilled manual labour does not seem like a sensible way to run a postal system but we aren't here for our mailing ability.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
I doubt whether Amazon is driven by social conscience to preserve thousands of unskilled jobs that don't need to exist.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Germany and Scandinavia) settled in the towns where they preferred to join their countrymen who had kept close together in the cities and found unskilled industrial work.
Grenville, J. A. S. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century (1994)
In other languages
unskilled
British English: unskilled /ʌnˈskɪld/ ADJECTIVE
People who are unskilled do not have any special training for a job.
He worked as an unskilled labourer.
American English: unskilled
Arabic: غَيْرُ مَاهِر
Brazilian Portuguese: não especializado
Chinese: 不熟练的
Croatian: nevješt
Czech: nekvalifikovaný
Danish: ufaglært
Dutch: ongeschoold
European Spanish: no cualificado
Finnish: ammattitaidoton
French: non qualifié
German: ungelernt
Greek: ανειδίκευτος
Italian: non specializzato
Japanese: 熟練していない
Korean: 미숙한
Norwegian: ufaglært
Polish: niewykwalifikowany
European Portuguese: não especializado
Romanian: necalificat
Russian: неквалифицированный
Latin American Spanish: no calificado
Swedish: outbildad
Thai: ไม่มีความชำนาญ
Turkish: niteliksiz
Ukrainian: некваліфікований
Vietnamese: không có chuyên môn
Chinese translation of 'unskilled'
unskilled
(ʌnˈskɪld)
adj
[worker]不熟练(練)的 (bù shúliàn de)
[work, job]无(無)需特殊技能的 (wúxū tèshū jìnéng de)
(adjective)
Definition
not having or requiring any special skill or training
Most of those who left the province to work abroad were unskilled.
Synonyms
unprofessional
He rubbished his team for another unprofessional performance.
inexperienced
They are inexperienced when it comes to decorating.
unqualified
untrained
It is nonsense to say we have untrained staff dealing with emergencies.
uneducated
amateurish
All the paintings were cheap and amateurish.
cowboy (informal)
untalented
Opposites
professional
,
skilled
,
expert
,
masterly
,
qualified
,
talented
, adept,
tasty (British, informal)
Additional synonyms
in the sense of amateurish
All the paintings were cheap and amateurish.
Synonyms
unprofessional,
amateur,
crude,
bungling,
clumsy,
inexpert,
unaccomplished,
unskilful
in the sense of inexperienced
Definition
having no knowledge or experience of a particular situation, activity, etc.
They are inexperienced when it comes to decorating.
Synonyms
new,
unskilled,
untrained,
green,
fresh,
amateur,
raw,
unfamiliar,
unused,
callow,
immature,
unaccustomed,
untried,
unschooled,
wet behind the ears (informal),
unacquainted,
unseasoned,
unpractised,
unversed,
unfledged
in the sense of untrained
Definition
without formal or adequate training or education
It is nonsense to say we have untrained staff dealing with emergencies.