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Definition: Unskillfulness |
UnskillfulnessNoun1. A lack of cognitive skill. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "unskillfulness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1651. (references) |
| Antonym: skillfulness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Imbecility Folly | Noun: want of -intelligence; want of -intellect; shadowness, silliness, foolishness; Adjective: imbecility, incapacity, vacancy of mind, poverty of intellect, weakness of intellect, clouded perception, poor head, apartments to let; stupidity, stolidity; hebetude, dull understanding, meanest capacity, shortsightedness; incompetence; (unskillfulness). |
Inutility | Noun: inutility; uselessness; Adjective: inefficacy, futility; ineptitude, inaptitude; unsubservience; inadequacy; (insufficiency); inefficiency.; (incompetence); unskillfulness; disservice; unfruitfulness;(unproductiveness).; labor in vain, labor lost, labor of Sisyphus; lost trouble, lost labor; work of Penelope; sleeveless errand, wild goose chase, mere farce. |
Unskillfulness | Noun: unskillfulness; Adjective: want of skill; incompetence, incompentency; inability, infelicity, indexterity, inexperience; disqualification, unproficiency; quackery. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Unskillfulness |
| English words defined with "unskillfulness": awkwardness ♦ clumsiness ♦ inefficiency, ineptitude, ineptness ♦ maladroitness ♦ slowness ♦ Unskill. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "unskillfulness": Unskill. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "unskillfulness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
German | ungeschicklichkeit (awkwardness, clumsiness, unskilfulness), unbeholfenheit (clumsiness, crudeness, gaucherie, gawkiness, ineptitude, unskilfulness, unwieldiness). (various references) | ||||
Greek | αδεξιότησ (awkwardness, helplessness, inaptitude, inaptitudeness, loutishness, muff, sloughiness, ungainliness, unhandiness), αδεξιότητα (awkwardness, clumsiness, gaucherie, helplessness, inaptitude, inaptitudeness, loutishness, muff, sloughiness, ungainliness, unhandiness). (various references) | ||||
Italian | imperizia. (various references) | ||||
Japanese Kanji | 不熟練 , 不器" (awkward, clumsy, lack of ability), 不器 (clumsiness), 不得手 (weak point). (various references) | ||||
Japanese Katakana | ぶきよう (awkward, awkwardness, clumsiness, clumsy, lack of ability), ふじゅくれ", ふえて (weak point), ふき (accidental, addition, additional or supplemental note, appendix, butterbur, clumsiness, dying, freedom, independence, lawlessness, liberty, note, returning no more, rising no more, unexpected, violation of customs). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | illfulnessunskay | ||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | inertia. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "unskillfulness": unskillfulnesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-i-k-l-l-l-n-n-s-s-s-u-u" | |
-2 letters: skillfulness. | |
-4 letters: sinfulness, unskillful. | |
-5 letters: funkiness, sulkiness. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-i-k-l-l-l-n-n-s-s-s-u-u" | |
+2 letters: unskillfulnesses. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)55 6E 73 6B 69 6C 6C 66 75 6C 6E 65 73 73 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..- -. ... -.- .. .-.. .-.. ..-. ..- .-.. -. . ... ... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010101 01101110 01110011 01101011 01101001 01101100 01101100 01100110 01110101 01101100 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)U n s k i l l f u l n e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0055 006E 0073 006B 0069 006C 006C 0066 0075 006C 006E 0065 0073 0073 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5580857775787872877880718585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Translations: Modern 4. Translations: Ancient | 5. Derivations 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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