unskilled

Example Sentences

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Wages of unskilled workers would drop and unemployment would rise, he told them.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

CareScout’s estimate for paid home care is based on 44 hours a week of unskilled care.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026

So many unskilled Americans descended on the U.S.S.R. that by 1938 the Soviets started requiring U.S. visitors to show proof of return travel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

It’s technological wizardry engineered by the man behind the curtain himself to convince the Munchkins that Glinda, charismatic but haplessly unskilled, has supernatural talents.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

They hired more than thirty-five thousand unskilled African Americans and Mexicans to work in the mills.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler