unskilled
adjective
1. not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency
- unskilled in the art of rhetoric
- an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber
- unskilled labor
Similar word(s): incompetent, inexperienced, inexperient, artless, botchy, butcherly, unskillful, botched, bungled, bungling, clumsy, fumbling, incompetent, crude, rough, hopeless, humble, lowly, menial, lubberly, rusty, semiskilled, weak
2. lacking professional skill or expertise
- an unskilled painting
Similar word(s): unprofessional, amateur, amateurish, inexpert
3. not doing a good job
Similar word(s): bad, incompetent