not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency; unskilled in the art of rhetoric; an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber; unskilled labor; workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities; unskilled workmanship'

lacking professional skill or expertise; a very amateurish job; inexpert but conscientious efforts; an unskilled painting

[ Syn: amateurish , amateur , inexpert ]

not doing a good job; incompetent at chess

[ Syn: incompetent ]