All unskillful synonyms
un·skill·ful
U u adjective unskillful
adj unskillful
- butterfingered — a person who frequently drops things; clumsy person.
- grody — repulsive; disgusting; nauseating.
- ill-bred — showing lack of good social breeding; unmannerly; rude.
- gawkish — awkward; ungainly; clumsy.
- green — of the color of growing foliage, between yellow and blue in the spectrum: green leaves.
- incapable — not capable.
- awkward — An awkward situation is embarrassing and difficult to deal with.
- ham-handed — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- inexpert — not expert; unskilled.
- klutzy — clumsy; awkward: If you weren't so klutzy you wouldn't have dropped it.
- bungling — to do clumsily and awkwardly; botch: He bungled the job.
- maladroit — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
- clownish — If you describe a person's appearance or behaviour as clownish, you mean that they look or behave rather like a clown, and often that they appear rather foolish.
- clumsy — A clumsy person moves or handles things in a careless, awkward way, often so that things are knocked over or broken.
- all thumbs — clumsy
- ill-equipped — badly or inadequately equipped: an ill-equipped army.
- in-effective — not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
- heavy-handed — oppressive; harsh: a heavy-handed master.
- inefficient — not efficient; unable to effect or achieve the desired result with reasonable economy of means.
- lowbred — characterized by or characteristic of low or vulgar breeding; ill-bred; coarse.
- dilettantish — a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, especially in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler.
- clunky — If you describe something as clunky, you mean that it is solid, heavy, and rather awkward.
- incompetent — not competent; lacking qualification or ability; incapable: an incompetent candidate.
- lubberly — of or resembling a lubber.
- butter-fingered — a person who frequently drops things; clumsy person.
- cloddish — of, relating to, or resembling a clod or boor; doltish; stolid.
- crude — A crude method or measurement is not exact or detailed, but may be useful or correct in a rough, general way.
- inept — without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit: He is inept at mechanical tasks. She is inept at dealing with people.