UNSKILLED Definition & Meaning

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unskilled

[ uhn-skild ]

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adjective

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 skill skilled or expert:
He was unskilled in the art of rhetoric.

unskilled

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adjective

not having or requiring any special skill or training
an unskilled job
unskilled workers
having or displaying no skill; inexpert
he is quite unskilled at dancing

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of unskilled¹

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

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India has largely missed the bus on low-end, unskilled factory work - jobs China dominated for decades.

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As a counterpoint, when Paul makes the same boast to the hiring manager at the local tannery, she circles “unskilled labor.”

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"Domestic work is considered to be unskilled work but that is not the case in reality. You cannot care for a sick person or cook a meal without being skilled," she adds.

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But monthly salaries for unskilled workers only reach around £300, even with overtime.

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H-2B visas allow unskilled workers like gardeners and housekeepers to work in the U.S. for 10 months, while the H-1B program lets skilled workers like software engineers remain for up to three years.

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