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unworkmanlike

ADJECTIVE

inefficient

Synonyms

WEAK

can't hack it careless disorganized extravagant faulty feeble half-baked improficient improvident inapt 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

Example Sentences

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However unworkmanlike the deed, it had been mercifully done.

From Jude the Obscure by Hardy, Thomas

But Sir Joshua's sketched leaves would indeed imply some unworkmanlike haste.

From Val d'Arno by Ruskin, John

An oval or round patch is unworkmanlike and does not wear well.

From Textiles and Clothing by Watson, Kate Heintz

The result was that the ends of the wires projected to various distances above the board, presenting a ragged and unworkmanlike appearance.

From Stuyvesant A Franconia Story by Abbott, Jacob

I instinctively knelt on the hearth and peered up, but saw nothing unworkmanlike: Pepperton was not a fellow to leave obvious mistakes behind him.

From The Siege of the Seven Suitors by Nicholson, Meredith