of or pertaining to workers who lack technical training or skill.

not demanding special training or skill

unskilled occupations.

exhibiting a marked lack of skill or competence

an unskilled painting; an unskilled writer.

not skilled or expert

He was unskilled in the art of rhetoric.

adjective

awkward , green * , inadequate , incompetent , inept , inexperienced , inexpert , inproficient , not up to , raw * , unable , undeveloped , uneducated , unequipped , unhandy , unqualified , unschooled , untalented , inapt , incapable , unskillful , unworkmanlike , dilettante , dilettantish , nonprofessional , unprofessional , amateurish , bungling , clumsy , empirical , green , inefficient , maladroit , unpracticed , untrained