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I decided to set out to prove that you could make a reasonable living building for the poor using recycled materials and only hiring unskilled labor.
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Meaning of "unskilled" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNSKILLED

unskilled  [ʌnˈskɪld] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNSKILLED

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

WHAT DOES UNSKILLED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

unskilled

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 unskilled in the English dictionary

The definition of unskilled in the dictionary is not having or requiring any special skill or training. Other definition of unskilled is having or displaying no skill; inexpert.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNSKILLED


build
bɪld
child
tʃaɪld
detailed
ˈdiːteɪld
failed
feɪld
filled
fɪld
fulfilled
fʊlˈfɪld
Fylde
faɪld
grandchild
ˈɡrænˌtʃaɪld
grilled
ɡrɪld
guild
ɡɪld
mild
maɪld
nonskilled
ˈnɒnˈskɪld
oiled
ɔɪld
rebuild
riːˈbɪld
Rothschild
ˈrɒθtʃaɪld
semiskilled
ˌsɛmɪˈskɪld
skilled
skɪld
thrilled
θrɪld
wild
waɪld
Wilde
waɪld

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNSKILLED

unsistered
unsisterliness
unsisterly
unsisting
unsizable
unsizeable
unsized
unskilful
unskilfully
unskilfulness
unskilled worker
unskillful
unskillfully
unskillfulness
unskimmed
unskinned
unslain
unslakable
unslaked
unslaked lime

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNSKILLED

bedevilled
called
char-grilled
chilled
devilled
frilled
gold-filled
imperilled
instilled
milled
multi-skilled
pilled
stencilled
strong-willed
sun-filled
unbilled
undrilled
unfilled
unfulfilled
weak-willed
willed

Synonyms and antonyms of unskilled in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNSKILLED»

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

Translation of «unskilled» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNSKILLED

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

Translator English - Chinese

不熟练的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

no cualificado
570 millions of speakers

English

unskilled
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अकुशल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غَيْرُ مَاهِر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неквалифицированный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

não especializado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অদক্ষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

non qualifié
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak mahir
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ungelernt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

熟練していない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

미숙한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unskilled
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không có chuyên môn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

திறமையற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अकुशल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

vasıfsız
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

non specializzato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niewykwalifikowany
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

некваліфікований
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

necalificat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανειδίκευτος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ongeskoolde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

outbildad
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ufaglært
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unskilled

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNSKILLED»

The term «unskilled» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.428 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNSKILLED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «unskilled» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «unskilled» 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 unskilled

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10 QUOTES WITH «UNSKILLED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unskilled.
1
Benigno Aquino III
Tourism is a crucial industry that could employ millions of Filipinos, skilled and unskilled alike, cross those 7,107 islands of the Philippines. From the current projection of 3.3 million tourist arrivals in 2010, our aim is to eventually attract 6 million tourists. In the process, we expect to create 3 million jobs in the next six years.
2
Brooks Atkinson
Don't be condescending to unskilled labor. Try it for a half a day first.
3
Christopher Columbus
These people are very unskilled in arms... with 50 men they could all be subjected and made to do all that one wished.
4
Richard Flanagan
An unskilled middle-aged man can work in the mines, and it pays well.
5
Elton Gallegly
Every unskilled illegal immigrant who enters the United States for work drives up healthcare costs for every American. And, every illegal immigrant we turn a blind eye toward weakens the rule of law our country is founded on.
6
Edward Gibbon
Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a book.
7
Stephen F. Lynch
Trade reform has also been linked to increased income disparity as skilled workers have captured more benefits from globalization than their unskilled counterparts.
8
Sean Maguire
I'm wildly unskilled at what I do. Part of me thinks: 'Why do I think I can pull this off?' but the part of me that has to pay the mortgage thinks: 'Just get on with it!' I'll just keep going until someone discovers I'm no good.
9
Grover Norquist
A lot of young people just starting out unskilled, as all Americans do when they're born here, come to this country, and so the business community is for immigration. Big businesses, small businesses, high-tech, low-tech, the communities of faith, and the Republican leadership.
10
Dan Phillips
I decided to set out to prove that you could make a reasonable living building for the poor using recycled materials and only hiring unskilled labor.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNSKILLED»

Discover the use of unskilled in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unskilled and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
International Economics
The vertical axis of Figure 3.3 shows the wage ratio, which equals the wage of skilled workers divided by the wage of unskilled workers. The figure's horizontal axis shows the labor ratio, which equals the quantity of skilled workers available  ...
Robert Carbaugh, 2012
2
The Social Organization of Work
(Bryant and Perkins, 1986:158) In 2000 about five million workers in the United States were employed as laborers, materials handlers, equipment cleaners, and helpers—jobs all classified as unskilled labor (Census, 2005). These jobs include ...
Randy Hodson, Teresa A. Sullivan, 2007
3
Technology and the Decline in Demand for Unskilled Labour: A ...
A Theoretical Analysis of the US and European Labour Markets Mark Sanders. not occur in Europe. Sanders and ter Weel (2000) conclude that in contrast to developments in the United States and several other Anglo- Saxon countries, relative ...
Mark Sanders, 2005
4
Mobility promotion für Unskilled and Semi-skilled Employees
aim With the research and counselling project "Mobility Promotion for Unskilled and semi-skilled Workers" the pragma gmbh pursues the objective to describe various existing internal and external possibilities of orientation and qualifying and ...
‎2001
5
Black Unemployment: Part of Unskilled Unemployment
Part of Unskilled Unemployment David Schwartzman. pervasive, it was due to neither a switch by consumers from low-tech to high-tech products nor a switch to imports. The authors infer that changes in the prices of nonlabor inputs and ...
David Schwartzman, 1997
6
Globalization and Unemployment
In the sector with unskilled labor, it is determined as a weighted average of both rates of technical progress. The real wage of skilled labor rises with the sector- specific technical progress. One can deduce from (7) that the real wage of unskilled ...
Helmut Wagner, 2000
7
Breaking the Barriers to Higher Economic Growth: Better ...
employment of unskilled labor is reduced to baserun levels, whereas the supply of unskilled labor in the formal sector declines by more than 1 percent in the long term. International migration flows increase in the short term but move in the ...
Mustapha Kamel Nabli, 2007
8
Economics
It affects the market for unskilled labor. In Exhibit 6, we assume the minimum wage is W M and the equilibrium wage is W E . At the equilibrium wage, N 1 workers are employed. At the higher minimum wage, N 3 workers want to work but only N ...
Roger A. Arnold, 2008
9
Labor Economics
These conclusions have to be kept in mind when we want to analyze the effects of a change in minimum wage or a reduction in social security contributions as they apply to unskilled labor. Relation (32) shows that, if skilled and unskilled ...
Pierre Cahuc, André Zylberberg, 2004
10
How Do the Skilled and the Unskilled Respond to Regional ...
This section points to those current policies and arrangements that prevent rapid adjustment to shocks. It also relates each of these features of the labor market to the groups of workers (skilled versus unskilled) that they seem to affect the most.
Mr. Paolo Mauro, Mr. Antonio Spilimbergo, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNSKILLED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unskilled is used in the context of the following news items.
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Training for unskilled labour stressed
Retired Joint Commissioner of Labour J.A.S. Krishna Rao on Saturday called for capacity building by training unskilled labour. He was speaking at a seminar on ... «The Hindu, Aug 15»
2
Healthcare provider employed unqualified and unskilled carer
A healthcare provider has paid an undisclosed settlement to a special needs client for assigning him an unqualified and unskilled carer. Instead of helping his ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
3
Unskilled Cops Continue Killing Spree
Police in the U.K. rarely need to use their weapons in the line of duty. In America, police kill unarmed suspects on a weekly basis. The difference is the training ... «Ring of Fire, Jun 15»
4
Sectoral Debate: Spencer warns gov't against providing work …
He raised concern about the employment of foreigners in the service industry, particularly in unskilled jobs where large numbers of Jamaicans could receive ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Apr 15»
5
Unskilled workers not to be allowed to take up foreign jobs
New Delhi: With a significant number of unskilled Indian workers facing trouble and legal action abroad, government on Friday said it has decided not to allow ... «Zee News, Mar 15»
6
Minimum-Wage Laws: Ruinous 'Compassion'
The group most affected was also absent — inexperienced and unskilled young people, who need a job to get some experience, even more than they need the ... «National Review Online, Mar 15»
7
Unskilled Vietnamese workers in Thailand to be granted work permits
Vietnamese unskilled workers in Thailand will be allowed to register at local labor centers to get one-year work permits with full rights and interests, the ... «Tuoitrenews, Feb 15»
8
How Globalization Begets Inequality
Before globalization, that country had a huge supply of unskilled workers and relatively few high-skill workers, who were thus in high demand; the situation was ... «Harvard Magazine, Feb 15»
9
Young and unskilled jobseekers stuck on benefits
TRAP FOR YOUNG PLAYERS: Young and unskilled workers are finding it harder to get ... Manager Peter Butler said there had been a decline in unskilled work ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jan 15»
10
Common Core Ruins The Lives Of Poor, Unskilled Americans By …
Changes wrought to the GED thanks to the nearly nationwide implementation of Common Core have caused GED passing rates to plummet and dramatically ... «Daily Caller, Jan 15»

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