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

From Val d'Arno by Ruskin, John

It would seem as though they were disgusted with such unworkmanlike proceedings, and that they cannot rest until they have taken it into hand, and endeavored to "make a job of it."

From Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee A Bee Keeper's Manual by Langstroth, L. L. (Lorenzo Lorraine)

Completed, the bandage looked not too unworkmanlike, and was cool and comforting to the hot throb of the wound.

From Success A Novel by Adams, Samuel Hopkins

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

A thick edge on a joint gives an unworkmanlike appearance to the work.

From Elements of Plumbing by Dibble, Samuel Edward