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Meaning of "unskilful" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNSKILFUL

unskilful  [ʌnˈskɪlfʊl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNSKILFUL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unskilful is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNSKILFUL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

unskilful

Laborer

A laborer or labourer — see variation in English spelling — is a person who does one of the construction trades, traditionally considered unskilled manual labor, as opposed to skilled labor. In the division of labor, laborers have all blasting, hand tools, power tools, air tools, and small heavy equipment, and act as assistants to other trades, e.g., operators or cement masons. The 1st century BC engineer Vitruvius writes in detail about laborer practices at that time. In his experience a good crew of laborers is just as valuable as any other aspect of construction. Other than the addition of pneumatics, laborer practices have changed little. With the advent of advanced technology and its introduction into the construction field, the laborers have been quick to include much of this technology as being laborers work.

Definition of unskilful in the English dictionary

The definition of unskilful in the dictionary is lacking dexterity or proficiency. Other definition of unskilful is ignorant.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNSKILFUL


baleful
ˈbeɪlfʊl
bowlful
ˈbəʊlfʊl
doleful
ˈdəʊlfʊl
guileful
ˈɡaɪlfʊl
pailful
ˈpeɪlfʊl
shovelful
ˈʃʌvlfʊl
skilful
ˈskɪlfʊl
skillful
ˈskɪlfʊl
smileful
ˈsmaɪlfʊl
soulful
ˈsəʊlfʊl
spoilful
ˈspɔɪlfʊl
taleful
ˈteɪlfʊl
toilful
ˈtɔɪlfʊl
unskillful
ʌnˈskɪlfʊl
unwilful
ʌnˈwɪlfʊl
vialful
ˈvaɪlfʊl
wailful
ˈweɪlfʊl
wileful
ˈwaɪlfʊl
wilful
ˈwɪlfʊl
willful
ˈwɪlfʊl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNSKILFUL

unsinew
unsinful
unsinkable
unsistered
unsisterliness
unsisterly
unsisting
unsizable
unsizeable
unsized
unskilfully
unskilfulness
unskilled
unskilled worker
unskillful
unskillfully
unskillfulness
unskimmed
unskinned
unslain

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNSKILFUL

awful
barrelful
beautiful
careful
colorful
delightful
grateful
helpful
hopeful
meaningful
painful
peaceful
powerful
satchelful
shellful
spellful
successful
useful
wonderful
zealful

Synonyms and antonyms of unskilful in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNSKILFUL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «unskilful» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of unskilful

Translation of «unskilful» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNSKILFUL

Find out the translation of unskilful to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unskilful from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unskilful» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不熟练
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inhábil
570 millions of speakers

English

unskilful
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनाड़ी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

unskilful
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

несведущ
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inábil
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আনাড়ী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

maladroit
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak bijak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ungeschickt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

下手
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

unskilful
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unskilful
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vụng về
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

unskilful
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अकुशल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

beceriksiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

imperizia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niezręczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

несьвідомий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nepriceput
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

unskilful
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onervare
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

unskilful
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ukyndig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unskilful

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNSKILFUL»

The term «unskilful» is normally little used and occupies the 119.755 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNSKILFUL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «unskilful» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «unskilful» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unskilful

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNSKILFUL»

Discover the use of unskilful in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unskilful and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Collected Wheel Publications Volume 2
bhikkhu's mind, with the cutting off of unskilful thought- conduct; the sitting down to the attainment of arahatship through the development of insight; the lying down , to passing the day in the attainment of the fruit that has Nibbána for its object.
Various
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Buddhist Meditation: An Anthology of Texts from the Pali Canon
Whatever states, monks, are unskilful, have a part in unskilfulness, are on the side of unskilfulness: all these have mind as their forerunner. Mind is the first of these states, followed by unskilful states. Whatever states, monks, are skilful, have a ...
Sarah Shaw, 2006
3
Buddhism: Abhidharma and Madhyamaka
This can be set out in tabular form: permissible succession from unskilful " unskilful skilfiil skilfiil " resultant resultant " kiriya from mind consciousness element mind consciousness element mind element " mind element " eye consciousness ...
Paul Williams, 2005
4
An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices
act which benefits others at the expense of material harm to oneself is certainly not unskilful. Unskilful and skilful actions naturally arise from different motivating impulses (M1.46—7), which colour the nature of the volition behind an action.
Peter Harvey, 2012
5
Treatises on the Life, Walk, and Triumph of Faith
And being unskilful in it, signifies want of experience in the management of it — unskilful in the knowledge of the person of the Lord our righteousness, who is true and very God, as well as true and very man — unskilful in the nature of his ...
William Romaine, 1830
6
The Twilight Language
Mindfulness of citta entails (l) observing the presence or absence of the three ' unskilful roots', desire, aversion, and delusion (raga, dosa, moha), noted earlier as one of the many sets of 'unskilful states' equivalent to the asavas; and (2) ...
Roderick Bucknell, Martin Stuart-Fox, 2013
7
The Easy Buddah
The first event is to prevent the arising of unskilful mental states not yet arising. Such unskilful mental states are craving, hate, delusion, torpor and sloth. This requires the watchfulness of the senses and of the mind, 'Guarding the doors of the ...
Kyimo, 2007
8
Universality of Buddha
Skilful and unskilful Actions Law of karma is dynamic and flexible, but not rigid or mechenical. Peter Harvey states that. "A moral life is not necessarily immedialety followed by a good rebirth, if a strong evil action of a past life has not brought its ...
Shiv Sharma, 2002
9
Cases on criminal law
not escape punishment by proving that the wound was aggravated by improper applications or unskilful treatment by surgeons; that if, in the present case, they were satisfied that the wounds inflicted by the defendant were improperly and ...
H.W. Chaplin
10
The Philosophy of Desire in the Buddhist Pali Canon
We can presume that as one of the three unskilful roots (akusalamula), lobha is a negative form of desire - but just how does the Abhidhamma understand lobha? In the Vibhanga*b we find a discussion oflobha, dosa and moha as the tini ...
David Webster, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNSKILFUL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unskilful is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Stokes a better player than me, says Flintoff
“I was a pretty unskilful cricketer,” said Flintoff, who was forced into retirement by a knee injury in 2009 after 79 tests and 141 one-dayers. “I survived a lot on ... «euronews, Jun 15»
2
Saving Alligator High better than Hurricane Honeymoon
You mix the two styles at your peril and Shakespeare points out that while it may make the unskilful groundlings laugh, it will make the judicious grieve. «Jamaica Gleaner, Jun 15»
3
Storming to Performing in 100 Days
Amygdale will be extremely active during the Storming stage and it can lead to reptilian unskilful action and conflict in relationships. According to a blog article in ... «Groundviews, Feb 15»
4
Personal Heaven, Personal Hell
... is followed as of essential worth — one's unskillful mental qualities increase ... If the “holy life” one is leading results in an increase in unskilful qualities, i.e. ... «Tricycle, Feb 15»
5
How To Be Happy, Just As You Are
When we can bring this gentle acceptance to ourselves and to others - no matter how human or unskilful our behaviour, we can let go of the added burden of ... «Huffington Post UK, Jan 15»
6
Complaints against Victoria's health providers rise again
They most commonly related to perceived inadequate or unskilful treatment, but also regarded billing practices, hygiene, delays in treatment, administration and ... «The Age, Sep 14»
7
Contradicting the Constitution (il)legally
For if ignorant and unskilful men have prescribed deadly poisons instead of healing drugs, these cannot possibly be called physicians' prescriptions; neither in a ... «The Express Tribune, Sep 14»
8
My Childhood Made Me Do It!
Said differently, we must reinterpret ourselves in order to break free of corrosive childhood and societal messages that lurk behind the unskilful things we do and ... «PsychCentral.com, Jul 14»
9
Vietnam's precarious strategic balancing act
But unskilful management of the current crisis on the South China Sea might leave Vietnam between a rock and a hard place — it may be difficult for Vietnam ... «East Asia Forum, Jul 14»
10
The Oxford English Dictionary is one of humanity's greatest …
... a 2,500-entry mini-dictionary “for the benefit & help of Ladies, gentlewomen or any other unskilful persons”. Others followed in that vein – but, like Cawdrey's, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 14»

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