underskilled

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adjective

Insufficiently skilled

OriginEnglish skilled ← Middle English under- ← Old English under- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunderskilled (comparative more underskilled, superlative most underskilled)

comparative more underskilled · superlative most underskilled

  1. Insufficiently skilled

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Englishskilled
  13. Englishunderskilled

From under- + skilled.

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Cite this entry
APA

underskilled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underskilled

MLA

“underskilled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underskilled. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underskilled,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underskilled.

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