nonskilled
Lacking professional training
Nonskilled describes work or workers not requiring specialized training or expertise.
The term appears in labor statistics and job classifications: nonskilled labor, nonskilled positions.
It's interchangeable with unskilled, though nonskilled may sound slightly less dismissive of the workers themselves.
Inexperienced newcomer to field
- beginnerOne who lacks experience
- rookieInexperienced newcomer
- neophyteInexperienced beginner
- greenhornInexperienced, gullible newcomer
newbie · fledgling · tyro · apprentice · trainee · learner · recruit · intern
Written instructions for use
- menialLowly and unskilled
- blue-collarManual labor workforce
- hourlyOnce each sixty minutes
- temporaryLimited in duration
seasonal · migrant · casual · factory · warehouse · construction · agricultural · domestic
Lacking required credentials
- unpracticedWithout training or skill
- untutoredWithout formal instruction
- uninstructedNot given directions
- unpreparedLacking readiness beforehand
unschooled · inexpert · unpolished · undisciplined · unversed · uninitiated · raw · green
novice
Inexperienced newcomer to field
greenhorn · newbie · fledgling · tyro · apprentice · trainee · learner · recruit · intern · probationer
manual
Written instructions for use
- menialLowly and unskilled
- blue-collarManual labor workforce
- hourlyOnce each sixty minutes
temporary · seasonal · migrant · casual · factory · warehouse · construction · agricultural · domestic · service
unqualified
Lacking required credentials
- unpracticedWithout training or skill
- untutoredWithout formal instruction
- uninstructedNot given directions
unprepared · unschooled · inexpert · unpolished · undisciplined · unversed · uninitiated · raw · green · unseasoned
nonskilledskilled
Having learned ability
expert · trained · qualified · professional · proficient
skill, skilled, skillful, skills, unskilled, skillfully, skillfulness, skilful, skilfully