unskilled

[ uhn-skild ]

/ ʌnˈskɪld /

of or relating to workers who lack technical training or skill.

not demanding special training or skill: unskilled occupations.

exhibiting a marked lack of skill or competence: an unskilled painting; an unskilled writer.

not skilled or expert: He was unskilled in the art of rhetoric.

Origin of unskilled

First recorded in 1575–85; un-¹ + skilled

But the urban workforce is not often a friendly place for young, unskilled and under-trained Chinese women.

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The only good explanation for Katya was to claim that her now former lawyers were unskilled.

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The US economy has changed in ways that make it more difficult for the unskilled to rise.

Heritage Immigration Study Gets the Big Things Right |David Frum |May 7, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
But he had shown at the nationals in Salt Lake City the previous year that he was only good, not great, tough but unskilled.

The Boston Marathon Suspects Are Killers, Not Combatants |Michael Daly |April 21, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

So while college graduates are having trouble getting college-style jobs, the unskilled workers are doing even worse.

Why a BA is Now a Ticket to A Job in a Coffee Shop |Megan McArdle |March 27, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
I said before that the Company would not have to pay these unskilled laborers.

The Jewish State |Theodor Herzl
And in this possession of the art of war by an unskilled girl lay the miracle.

The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) |Anatole France
Apply the theory of wages to explain the effect of present immigration on the wages of unskilled or slightly skilled workers.

Manual of References and Exercises in Economics |Frank A. Fetter
In unskilled labor there is little difference among the workers.

Women Wage-Earners |Helen Campbell
For a livelihood he has been forced to take up an unskilled job requiring no manual work, but seven days' labor a week.

The Survey, Volume XXX, Number 1, April 5, 1913 |Various

unskilled

/ (ʌnˈskɪld) /

not having or requiring any special skill or training unskilled workers; an unskilled job

having or displaying no skill; inexpert he is quite unskilled at dancing