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outskilled

outskilled is the simple past and past participle of outskill.

Meaning of outskill

Verb

outskill (third-person singular simple present outskills, present participle outskilling, simple past and past participle outskilled)

  1. (transitive) To surpass in skill.
    • The “Dutch” tended to get forward more slowly, but ultimately gained a social foothold through their talent for prosperity and their ability to outskill the Americans in handicrafts, to contribute to social amenities through their music, […]1926, Norwegian-American Historical Association, Studies and Records, page 58
  2. To outsource the skilled part of an enterprise.

Adjective

outskilled (not comparable)

  1. Having less skill than another.

Questions about outskilled

What does outskilled mean?
Outskilled means having less skill than another.
What is outskilled the simple past and past participle of?
Outskilled is the simple past and past participle of outskill.
What part of speech is outskilled?
Outskilled is an adjective.

Words near outskilled in the dictionary

  1. outskating
  2. outski
  3. outskied
  4. outskiing
  5. outskill
  6. outskilled
  7. outskilling
  8. outskills
  9. outskin
  10. outskinned
  11. outskinning

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outskilled (page history and authors); outskill (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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