unskilled

Example Sentences

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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

“If the population growth is negative or has depressed then there’s a labor force issue and many employers of unskilled workers are feeling the pinch.”

From Los Angeles Times

Providing unskilled public work across all but fully urban districts, the scheme has become a backbone of rural livelihoods, cushioning demand during economic shocks.

From BBC

The Knights of Labor, founded in 1869, became the first mass labor organization, welcoming all “producers”: skilled and unskilled, Black and white, men and women.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s technological wizardry engineered by the man behind the curtain himself to convince the Munchkins that Glinda, charismatic but haplessly unskilled, has supernatural talents.

From Los Angeles Times