Unskillfully

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unskillful \Un*skill"ful\, a. [Spelt also unskilful.]
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     1. Not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an
        unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician.
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     2. Lacking discernment; injudicious; ignorant.
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              Though it make the unskillful laugh, can not but
              make the judicious grieve.            --Shak.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Un*skill"ful*ly}, adv. --
        {Un*skill"ful*ness}, n.
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