Unskilled vs Unqualified - What's the difference?
unskilled | unqualified | Related terms |
Of a person or workforce: not having a skill or technical training.
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, title= Of a job: not requiring skill or training.
Of a made object: inexpertly made or showing a lack of skill.
Not qualified, ineligible, unfit for a position or task.
Not elaborated upon, undescribed.
As adjectives the difference between unskilled and unqualified
is that unskilled is of a person or workforce: not having a skill or technical training while unqualified is not qualified, ineligible, unfit for a position or task.unskilled
English
Adjective
(en adjective)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.}}
See also
* unskilful, unskillfulunqualified
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- His lack of a high school diploma renders him unqualified for the job.
- Her cooking ability, while mentioned, was unqualified by her.