completely unskilled

Meanings

1. 1adjectivenot comparable

   having no training, experience, or ability for a particular job or activity.

   Grammar: Used before a noun or after a linking verb: 'a completely unskilled worker' or 'the worker is completely unskilled'.

   Patterns

   • completely unskilled worker
   • be completely unskilled in something
   • completely unskilled at doing something

   The company hired completely unskilled workers and trained them on the job.

   He felt completely unskilled at cooking, so he ate out most nights.

   A completely unskilled laborer may still be strong and reliable.

2. 2adjectivenot comparable

   not requiring any special training or skill.

   Grammar: Describes a job or task, not a person: 'a completely unskilled job'.

   Patterns

   • completely unskilled work
   • completely unskilled job

   Picking fruit is often completely unskilled work.

   The factory replaced skilled positions with completely unskilled tasks.

Common combinations

completely unskilled worker

The factory relies on completely unskilled workers for simple assembly.

completely unskilled labor

In some industries, completely unskilled labor is still in demand.

be completely unskilled at

She is completely unskilled at fixing anything mechanical.

Synonyms and how they differ

untrained

Focuses on lack of training rather than lack of natural ability; often used for people who could be trained.

unqualified

Means lacking official qualifications, not necessarily lacking practical skill.

Opposites

Word family

unskilled adjective

without special skills or training

skill noun

the ability to do something well

skillfully adverb

in a way that shows skill

Commonly confused: completely unskilled or unskillful?

Practice

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