unskilled
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Synonyms & Antonyms for unskilled
Synonyms
amateur, amateurish, dilettante, dilettantish, inexperienced, inexpert, jackleg, nonprofessional, unprofessional, unskillful
Antonyms
ace, adept, consummate, crackerjack, expert, master, masterful, masterly, professional, virtuosic, virtuoso
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But since then the rate has dropped below 7%, and companies now complain that both skilled and unskilled workers are in short supply. — The Economist, "Portugal tries to lure emigrants back," 1 Aug. 2019 The bill stalled out after opposition from politicians whose constituencies include agriculture and tourism companies, which rely heavily on unskilled immigrants. — Alana Semuels, Time, "Tech Companies Say it's Too Hard to Hire High-Skilled Immigrants in the U.S. â So They're Growing in Canada Instead," 25 July 2019 Advocates of unskilled immigration argue that there are many jobs that Americans simply will not do. — Steven A. Camarota, National Review, "Unskilled Immigration Lowers Labor-Force Participation," 25 July 2019 Older workers were thought to be especially vulnerable because they were engaged in repetitive, unskilled manufacturing, the kind that was easiest to automate. — The Economist, "A different dystopia: July 2030," 6 July 2019 The damage goes unseen: thousands of young or unskilled workers who have a harder time finding that first job. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "Seattleâs Fake Free Lunch," 31 Oct. 2018 Many of these unskilled orangutans have extremely traumatic pasts or were rescued too late in life to be taught in forest school. — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, "School for Orphaned Baby Orangutans Helps the Young Primates Grow Up and Graduate to the Wild," 1 Aug. 2019 Even the most unskilled labor possesses dignity because of the human being who performs it. — Matthew Continetti, National Review, "A UBI Would Undermine Work," 25 July 2019 But the nonprofit behind Project Moon has pledged to make hiring unskilled and disadvantaged workers a priority and to locate its new manufacturing plant outside the metro Denver area. — Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, "Colorado commission addresses affordable housing by extending incentives to manufacturer of modular homes," 17 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'unskilled.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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