unskilled

From un- +‎ skilled.

• Rhymes: -ɪld

unskilled (comparative more unskilled, superlative most unskilled)

1. Of a person or workforce: not having a skill or technical training.
   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.

2. Of a job: not requiring skill or training.
   • 2024 November 4, Terese Eriksen Eldholm, “Norway increases minimum wage rates across key industries”, in Magnus Legal‎^[1]:

     The minimum hourly wage for construction workers has increased to NOK 250,30 per hour for skilled workers and NOK 226,90 for unskilled workers, with an additional rate of NOK 235,80 for unskilled workers with at least one year’s experience in the industry.

3. Of a made object: inexpertly made or showing a lack of skill.

• unskilful, unskillful