Meanings
adjectiveunskillful (comparative more unskillful, superlative most unskillful)
comparative more unskillful · superlative most unskillful · alternative unskilful
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot skillful.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishskillful
- Englishunskillful
Translations
Bulgarian несръчен, непохватен
- несръчен (nesrăčen)not skilful
- непохватен (nepohvaten)not skilful
Chinese Mandarin 嫩, 不熟練 /不熟练
- 嫩 (nèn)not skilful
- 不熟練 /不熟练 (bù shúliàn)not skilful
Esperanto mallerta
- mallertanot skilful
Japanese 下手な
- 下手な (heta na)not skilful
Latin incallidus
- incallidusnot skilful
Māori ninipa, hakorea
- ninipanot skilful
- hakoreanot skilful
Polish nieumiejętny, niewprawny
- nieumiejętnynot skilful
- niewprawnynot skilful
- niezręcznynot skilful
Romanian nepriceput
- nepriceputnot skilful
Russian неуме́лый, неиску́сный
- неуме́лый (neumélyj)not skilful
- неиску́сный (neiskúsnyj)not skilful
Scottish Gaelic mì-theòma
- mì-theòmanot skilful
Spanish desmañado, tegua
- desmañadonot skilful
- teguanot skilful
- inhábilnot skilful
Ukrainian невмі́лий
- невмі́лий (nevmílyj)not skilful
Cite this entry
APA
unskillful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unskillful
MLA
“unskillful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unskillful. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unskillful,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unskillful.
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