Dictionary entry

Unskillful

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.