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unskill

unskill noun: foolish conduct; wrongdoing.

Noun

unskill (uncountable)

  1. Foolish conduct; wrongdoing.
    • And what, your reverences, is unskill ? what is unskill's root ? what is skill ? what is skill's root ? Onslaught on creatures, your reverences, is unskill, taking what is not given is unskill. Sexual misconduct is unskill. Lying speech is unskill.1954, The Collection of the Middle Length Sayings
  2. Lack of skill; skilllessness.
    • I make others to relate[…]what I cannot so well expresse, either through unskill of language, or want of judgement.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 9, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
    • It is at this point that the real menace of unskill becomes clear. Much has been written and spoken about the retarding effect of unskill upon our national production, and this is indeed serious. But the real danger is more fundamental.1901, Popular Science

Origin of unskill

From un- + skill.

Questions about unskill

What does unskill mean?
Unskill means foolish conduct; wrongdoing.
What part of speech is unskill?
Unskill is a noun.

Words near unskill in the dictionary

  1. unskied
  2. unskilful
  3. unskilfullness
  4. unskilfully
  5. unskilfulness
  6. unskill
  7. unskilled
  8. unskilledly
  9. unskilledness
  10. unskillful
  11. unskillfullness

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