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[syn: botchy, butcherly, unskillful]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Unskillful \Un*skill"ful\, a. [Spelt also unskilful.]
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1. Not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an
unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician.
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2. Lacking discernment; injudicious; ignorant.
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Though it make the unskillful laugh, can not but
make the judicious grieve. --Shak.
[1913 Webster] -- Un*skill"ful*ly, adv. --
Un*skill"ful*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
unskillful
adj 1: poorly done; "a botchy piece of work"; "it was an
unskillful attempt" [syn: botchy, butcherly,
unskillful]