unskilled

Example Sentences

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Unskilled jobs like litter pickups are less than ideal, because they don’t involve career training.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2022

Unskilled workers were hit hard when, under pressure from globalisation and automation, employers downsized, moved or simply shut down.

From Economist • Jul. 19, 2018

Unskilled and semi-skilled jobs are largely given to the children of friends and relatives.

From Slate • Mar. 5, 2018

Unskilled workers living in places such as Nepal and India may pay fees equaling a year’s salary to labor recruiters in their home countries to get jobs in the Gulf.

From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2015

Unskilled as he is in the reading of character, unaccustomed to the observation of faces, there is no mistaking, even in the sailor's mind, the look in the eyes of Revere.

From Woven with the Ship A Novel of 1865 by Brady, Cyrus Townsend