unworkmanlike
Lacking professional skill
Unworkmanlike describes work that falls below the standards expected of a skilled tradesperson—sloppy, careless, or incompetent: The inspector noted several unworkmanlike repairs.
The term appears often in construction disputes and contract law, where it signals failure to meet professional norms: unworkmanlike installation of the plumbing.
Lacking professional skill
- ineptLacking skill or competence
- unskilledLacking acquired competence
- bunglingMishandling through incompetence
- clumsyLacking physical coordination
crude · botched · ham-fisted · fumbling · maladroit · inexpert · unprofessional · bumbling
Careless and untidy
- slipshodCareless and hasty
- negligentFailing in due care
- haphazardLacking organization or plan
- slapdashHasty and careless
perfunctory · hasty · rushed · thoughtless · slovenly · messy · disorganized · lax
Poorly and hastily constructed
- flimsyWeak and easily damaged
- shabbyWorn and neglected
- ricketyUnsteady, liable to collapse
- ramshackleBadly deteriorated from neglect
makeshift · cobbled-together · cheap · tacky · gimcrack · rough-hewn · thrown-together · patched
amateurish
Lacking professional skill
- ineptLacking skill or competence
- unskilledLacking acquired competence
- bunglingMishandling through incompetence
clumsy · crude · botched · ham-fisted · fumbling · maladroit · inexpert · unprofessional · bumbling · hack
sloppy
Careless and untidy
slapdash · perfunctory · hasty · rushed · thoughtless · slovenly · messy · disorganized · lax · remiss
jerry-built
Poorly and hastily constructed
ramshackle · makeshift · cobbled-together · cheap · tacky · gimcrack · rough-hewn · thrown-together · patched · bodged
unworkmanlikeworkmanlike
Efficiently competent, unflashy
professional · competent · craftsmanlike · masterful · proficient
worker, working, workers, unworthy, workman, workmanship, workmanlike, unworked, nonworking