unworkmanlike

Example Sentences

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Completed, the bandage looked not too unworkmanlike, and was cool and comforting to the hot throb of the wound.

From Success A Novel by Adams, Samuel Hopkins

It would seem as though they were disgusted with such unworkmanlike proceedings, and that they cannot rest until they have taken it into hand, and endeavored to "make a job of it."

From Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual by Langstroth, L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine)

As to the kitchen and dining-room, I leave to your vivid imagination to picture their primitiveness, merely observing that nothing was ever more awkward and unworkmanlike than the whole tenement.

From The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 by Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith

However unworkmanlike the deed, it had been mercifully done.

From Jude the Obscure by Hardy, Thomas

Mr. Benyon was preparing to deliver his first ball to Mr. Sapsworth, and as I eyed him I noted the extremely unworkmanlike attitude in which Mr. Sapsworth awaited the delivery.

From Amusement Only by Marsh, Richard