unskillful

Example Sentences

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The book’s weaknesses include erratic pacing and unskillful language.

From New York Times

Aimed at “Ladies, gentlewomen and other unskillful persons”, it listed approximately 2,500 “hard usuall words”, less than 5% of the lexis in use at the time.

From The Guardian

Kim Yo Jong is fascinating mostly because she seems so different from her brother, whose reputation as an unskillful madman belies the calculated and vicious dictator he actually is.

From Washington Post

I had been trying my hand at oil painting, and as we talked, I dabbed bits of paint, unskillfully, on the canvas as Rebecca watched.

From Seattle Times

Her hands were unskillful not so much from inability as from the rebellion that stiffened her fingers.

From Literature