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English Dictionary: unskillful by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
unskillful
adj
  1. poorly done; "a botchy piece of work"; "it was an unskillful attempt"
    Synonym(s): botchy, butcherly, unskillful
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Unskillful \Un*skill"ful\, a. [Spelt also unskilful.]
      1. Not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an
            unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician.
  
      2. Lacking discernment; injudicious; ignorant.
  
                     Though it make the unskillful laugh, can not but
                     make the judicious grieve.                  --Shak.
            -- {Un*skill"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Un*skill"ful*ness}, n.
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