unskilled

Example Sentences

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Wages of unskilled workers would drop and unemployment would rise, he told them.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

CareScout’s estimate for paid home care is based on 44 hours a week of unskilled care.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026

So many unskilled Americans descended on the U.S.S.R. that by 1938 the Soviets started requiring U.S. visitors to show proof of return travel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

The second way, Mr Sundar said, is by hiring young, unskilled workers, especially from rural areas, by attracting them with a good starting salary.

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2024

The stone dust that powdered him seemed a badge of slavery, and the two bloodstained rags about fingers of his left hand proclaimed the unskilled depths to which he had fallen.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw