skill-less
Without any talent
Skill-less means lacking skill or competence.
The word appears occasionally as a hyphenated alternative to the more common *unskilled*, though it carries a slightly harsher tone—suggesting not just absence of training but genuine inability: The skill-less attempts at repair only made things worse.
One who lacks experience
- rookieInexperienced newcomer
- amateurNonprofessional participant
- neophyteInexperienced beginner
- greenhornInexperienced, gullible newcomer
trainee · apprentice · newbie · fledgling · learner · tyro · untrained · inexperienced
Lacking requisite ability
- unqualifiedLacking required credentials
- ineffectiveLacking power to achieve
- uselessWithout practical value
- ineptLacking skill or competence
unfit · untalented · hopeless · inadequate · lacking · unproductive · unreliable · unsuitable
Lacking grace or ease
- bunglingMishandling through incompetence
- fumblingClumsy, uncoordinated handling
- maladroitLacking physical deftness
- ham-handedLacking dexterity or subtlety
heavy-handed · uncoordinated · blundering · stumbling · ungraceful · klutzy · butterfingered · graceless
beginner
One who lacks experience
greenhorn · trainee · apprentice · newbie · fledgling · learner · tyro · untrained · inexperienced · raw
incapable
Lacking requisite ability
- unqualifiedLacking required credentials
- ineffectiveLacking power to achieve
- uselessWithout practical value
inept · unfit · untalented · hopeless · inadequate · lacking · unproductive · unreliable · unsuitable · weak
awkward
Lacking grace or ease
- bunglingMishandling through incompetence
- fumblingClumsy, uncoordinated handling
- maladroitLacking physical deftness
ham-handed · heavy-handed · uncoordinated · blundering · stumbling · ungraceful · klutzy · butterfingered · graceless · lumbering
skill, skills, skilled, skillful, skillfully, skillfulness, unskilled, unskillful, less