Thesaurus / unskilled
FEEDBACKHow to use unskilled in a sentence
As a small boy working alongside his parents, doing labor that was often described, incorrectly, as “unskilled,” I felt ashamed of who I was.
WHY I MOUNTAIN-BIKE FOR MY MENTAL HEALTHSMURGUIAAUGUST 16, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEMuch infrastructure is very different than our images of New Deal projects, where you have thousands of unskilled men working with picks by the side of the road.
MAYOR PETE AND ELAINE CHAO HIT THE ROAD (EP. 471)STEPHEN J. DUBNERAUGUST 5, 2021FREAKONOMICSAmerica's labor shortage crisis has been exacerbated by immigration restrictions that have reduced the number of both skilled and unskilled workers.
IMMIGRATION'S ROLE IN AMERICA'S LABOR SHORTAGEHOPE KINGJUNE 17, 2021AXIOSIn a flashback to a season three episode, for example, Kim, a notoriously unskilled and reluctant dancer, performs with the Pussycat Dolls in Vegas.
‘KEEPING UP WITH THE KARDASHIANS’ ENDS NOT WITH A BANG BUT A WHIMPERJORDAN JULIANJUNE 11, 2021THE DAILY BEASTThose who weren’t as networked — the homeless, the elderly, single mothers, and unskilled immigrants — slipped increasingly out of sight.
HOW DOES NEW YORK CITY KEEP REINVENTING ITSELF? (BONUS)KURT ANDERSENMARCH 21, 2021FREAKONOMICSHe soon found his Facebook Messenger inbox overflowing with requests for help from people who said they were too slow or technologically unskilled to sign up themselves.
PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING TO GET VACCINE APPOINTMENTS. A 14-YEAR-OLD STEPPED IN TO HELP.MARISA IATIFEBRUARY 25, 2021WASHINGTON POSTSo, the Dunning-Kruger effect is the idea that you can be unskilled and unaware that you are unskilled.
WHY DO WE SEEK COMFORT IN THE FAMILIAR? (EP. 445)STEPHEN J. DUBNERDECEMBER 24, 2020FREAKONOMICSIn political circles, de Blasio is considered particularly unskilled.
IS NEW YORK CITY OVER? (EP. 434)STEPHEN J. DUBNEROCTOBER 8, 2020FREAKONOMICSPrivate employers complain of scarcity and the unreliability of the unskilled labourer.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANTo others it means three dollars a day for unskilled labor, fire, clothes, and something to eat.
ENGLISH: COMPOSITION AND LITERATUREW. F. (WILLIAM FRANKLIN) WEBSTERWORDS RELATED TO UNSKILLED
- advanced
- au courant
- brand-new
- contemporary
- current
- cutting-edge
- dewy
- different
- dissimilar
- distinct
- fashionable
- inexperienced
- just out
- late
- latest
- modern
- modernistic
- modish
- neoteric
- new-fangled
- newfangled
- novel
- now
- original
- recent
- spick-and-span
- state-of-the-art
- strange
- topical
- ultramodern
- unaccustomed
- uncontaminated
- unfamiliar
- unique
- unknown
- unlike
- unseasoned
- unskilled
- unspoiled
- untouched
- untrained
- untried
- untrodden
- unused
- unusual
- up-to-date
- virgin
- youthful
- advanced
- au courant
- brand-new
- contemporary
- current
- cutting-edge
- dewy
- different
- dissimilar
- distinct
- fashionable
- inexperienced
- just out
- late
- latest
- modern
- modernistic
- modish
- neoteric
- newfangled
- novel
- now
- original
- recent
- spick-and-span
- state-of-the-art
- strange
- topical
- ultramodern
- unaccustomed
- uncontaminated
- unfamiliar
- unique
- unknown
- unlike
- unseasoned
- unskilled
- unspoiled
- untouched
- untrained
- untried
- untrodden
- unused
- unusual
- up-to-date
- virgin
- youthful
- can't cut it
- can't hack it
- can't make the grade
- clumsy
- helpless
- hog-tied
- impotent
- impuissant
- inadequate
- incapable
- incapacitated
- incompetent
- ineffectual
- inefficacious
- inefficient
- inept
- inoperative
- no can do
- no good
- not able
- not cut out for
- not equal to
- not up to
- out of commission
- powerless
- sidelined
- unfit
- unfitted
- unqualified
- unskilled
- weak
- amateur
- awkward
- blundering
- bungling
- bush league
- butter-fingered
- clumsy
- debilitated
- disqualified
- feeble
- heavy-handed
- ill-equipped
- impotent
- inadequate
- incapable
- incapacitated
- incompetent
- ineffective
- inefficient
- ineligible
- inept
- inexperienced
- inexpert
- maladjusted
- maladroit
- no good
- not cut out for
- not equal to
- not up to
- unable
- unapt
- unfitted
- unhandy
- unpracticed
- unprepared
- unproficient
- unqualified
- unskilled
- unskillful
- untrained
- useless
- weak
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