Craftless

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Without craft; unskilled. not-comparable

    "Ostensibly the reasons given were that craftless people could not readily find jobs […]"

  2. 2
    Without craft; boatless, etc. not-comparable

    "Now one had come to see these craftless rivers, empty stations and poverty instead of wealth."

Example

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"Ostensibly the reasons given were that craftless people could not readily find jobs […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English craftles, creftleas, from Old English cræftlēas (“artless, unskilful, innocent, simple, inexpert”), from Proto-West Germanic *kraftulaus, equivalent to craft + -less. Cognate with West Frisian krêftleas (“powerless”), Dutch krachteloos (“powerless”), German kraftlos (“powerless”).

Etymology 2

From craft + -less.

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