unskilled

unskilled
unskilled un‧skilled [ˌʌnˈskɪld◂] adjective HUMAN RESOURCES
1. an unskilled worker has not been trained for any job that needs special skills:

• Half the plant's unskilled workers risk losing their jobs.

• Unskilled labour costs four times as much in Britain as in Malaysia.

2. unskilled work does not need people with special skills:

• Unskilled industrial jobs are declining.

— compare semi-skilled, skilled

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unskilled UK US /ʌnˈskɪld/ adjective WORKPLACE, HR
► used to describe people who have no particular work skills: unskilled employees/labourers/workers »

Businesses such as restaurants are dependent on lower-paid, unskilled employees.

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The workforce was largely unskilled at relatively low pay levels.

► used to describe work that does not need any particular skills: unskilled jobs/positions/work »

The hundreds of assembly jobs at the plant are mostly unskilled.

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Unskilled manual jobs no longer support a family, like they did in the 1950s.

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The jobs that required unskilled labor could be filled more cheaply overseas.

→ Compare SKILLED(Cf. ↑skilled)

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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