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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
un•skilled /ʌnˈskɪld/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. relating to workers who lack special skills:unskilled labor.
  2. not demanding special training or skill:unskilled jobs.
  3. showing or having a lack of skill:an unskilled painting.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
un•skilled  (un skild′),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. of or pertaining to workers who lack technical training or skill.
  2. not demanding special training or skill:unskilled occupations.
  3. exhibiting a marked lack of skill or competence:an unskilled painting; an unskilled writer.
  4. not skilled or expert:He was unskilled in the art of rhetoric.
  • un-1 + skilled 1575–85

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
unskilled / ʌnˈskɪld/
  1. not having or requiring any special skill or training: unskilled workers, an unskilled job
  2. having or displaying no skill; inexpert
'unskilled worker' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
day laborer - day labourer - grunt - hard cheese - peon

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