Adjective

(en adjective)

Of a person or workforce: not having a skill or technical training.

*, chapter=22

, title= 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.}}

Of a job: not requiring skill or training.

Of a made object: inexpertly made or showing a lack of skill.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Unlike what is expected; differing in some way from the norm.

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=I had occasion […] to make a somewhat long business trip to Chicago, and on my return […] I found Farrar awaiting me in the railway station. He smiled his wonted fraction by way of greeting, […], and finally leading me to his buggy, turned and drove out of town. I was completely mystified at such an unusual proceeding.}}

Not usual.