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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not working well; wasteful |
| Synonyms: | can't hack it, careless, disorganized, extravagant, faulty, feeble, half-baked, improficient, improvident, incapable, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inept, inexpert, not cut out for, prodigal, shooting blanks, slack, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, unfit, unprepared, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful, untrained, weak |
| Antonyms: | able, capable, competent, efficient, expert, useful |
| Main Entry: | inexperienced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unskilled, unfamiliar |
| Synonyms: | amateur, callow, fresh, green*, ignorant, immature, inept, inexpert, innocent, kid*, naive, new, prentice, raw*, rookie, rude, sophomoric, spring chicken, tenderfoot, unaccustomed, unacquainted, unconversant, undisciplined, unfamiliar with, unfledged, unpracticed, unschooled, unseasoned, unsophisticated, untrained, untried, unused, unversed, unworldly, verdant, wet behind ears, young |
| Antonyms: | educated, experienced, expert, familiar, schooled, seasoned, skilled, trained, versed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lay |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | amateur, not trained in a religious or other profession |
| Synonyms: | inexpert, nonclerical, nonprofessional, nonspecialist, ordinary, secular, temporal, unsacred |
| Notes: | to lay is to place something; to lie is to recline |
| Antonyms: | ordained, professional |
| Main Entry: | maladroit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | awkward, clumsy |
| Synonyms: | all thumbs, blundering, bumbling, bungling, clunky, floundering, gauche, halting, heavy-handed, inept, inexpert, klutzy, lumbering, stumbling, two left feet, ungraceful, unhandy, unskillful |
| Notes: | maladroit means clumsy or awkward or unskillful or inept; malapropos means unseasonable or unsuitable or inappropriate |
| Antonyms: | able, capable, skillful |
| Main Entry: | rude |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crude, primitive |
| Synonyms: | angular, artless, barbarous, callow, coarse, formless, fresh, green, ignorant, inartistic, inelegant, inexperienced, inexpert, makeshift, primal, raw, rough, roughhewn, roughly made, rudimental, rudimentary, shapeless, simple, uncivilized, unconversant, uncultivated, unfashioned, unfinished, unformed, unhewn, unpolished, unprocessed, unrefined, wild |
| Antonyms: | polished, refined, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | simple |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | feeble-minded; not intelligent |
| Synonyms: | amateur, asinine, backward, brainless, credulous, dense, dimwitted, dull, dumb, fat, feeble, foolish, green*, gullible, half-witted, idiotic, ignorant, illiterate, imbecile, inane, inexperienced, inexpert, insensate, mindless, moronic, nitwitted, obtuse, senseless, shallow, silly, simple-minded, slow, soft, soft-headed, stupid, thick, uneducated, unintelligent, witless |
| Notes: | simple means 'plain, uncomplicated'; simplistic means 'characterized by a forced, unwarranted simplicity' |
| Antonyms: | aware, intelligent, on-the-ball, smart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unfit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not ready |
| Synonyms: | amateur, awkward, blundering, bungling, bush league, butter-fingered, clumsy, debilitated, disqualified, feeble, heavy-handed, ill-equipped, impotent, inadequate, incapable, incapacitated, incompetent, ineffective, inefficient, ineligible, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, maladjusted, maladroit, no good, not cut out for, not equal to, not up to, unable, unapt, unfitted, unhandy, unpracticed, unprepared, unproficient, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful, untrained, useless, weak |
| Antonyms: | able, fit, qualified, ready, willing |
| Main Entry: | unprofessional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not done well or skillfully |
| Synonyms: | amateur, amateurish, ignorant, improper, inadequate, incompetent, inefficient, inexperienced, inexpert, lax, negligent, nonexpert, unethical, unfitting, unsuitable, untrained, unworthy |
| Antonyms: | experienced, expert, professional, skilled |
| Main Entry: | unskilled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | untrained |
| Synonyms: | awkward, green*, inadequate, incompetent, inept, inexperienced, inexpert, inproficient, not up to, raw*, unable, undeveloped, uneducated, unequipped, unhandy, unqualified, unschooled, untalented |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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