At that time, bicycles were just starting to get popular and, here and there, there were many unskilled beginners who ran into people and broke through their hedges.
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Unskilled
Synonyms for "unskilled" (112 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Adjective(6 words)
Adjective(5 words)
Strong matches (33)
Adjective(8 words)
Related words (56)
Noun(1 words)
Adjective(11 words)
poor conditionstrong linguistic abilitytalentlessthe unskilledthe untrainedunartisticuncrafty artunseasoneduntaughtuntraineduntrained worker
rawrudesemiskilledunaccomplishedunaccustomed tounacquainted withunbusinesslikeuncoachedunconversantunconversant withundevelopedunendowedunexperiencedunfamiliar withunfinishedunfledgedungifteduninitiateduninitiated inunmatured
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unpolishedunpracticedunpracticed inunpreparedunprimedunprofessionalunripeunschooledunseasonedunskilled inunskillfuluntalenteduntaughtuntraineduntrieduntutoredunused tounversedunversed inunworkmanlike
Adjective(4 words)
Related word relations
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16 entriesCollocations
9 entriesthe unskilledunskilled jobunskilled jobsunskilled laborunskilled laborersunskilled learnerunskilled positionunskilled workerunskilled workforce
Inflections
2 entriesmore unskilledmost unskilled
Derivations
3 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Unskilled labor is poorly paid.
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Peter works as an unskilled laborer.
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"Me hath Fortune willed / long tost, like you, through sufferings, here to rest / and find at length a refuge. Not unskilled / in woe, I learn to succour the distrest."
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