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| amateur |
one who is unskilled in a given area or activity. [1/5 definitions] |
| coolie |
a low-paid, unskilled worker, esp. in or from China or India (used as a term of disrespect). |
| day laborer |
a worker, esp. an unskilled one, who is paid by the day. |
| flunky |
one who does unskilled, menial, or trivial tasks. [1/3 definitions] |
| hobo |
an unskilled migrant worker. [1/2 definitions] |
| inexpert |
unskilled or clumsy. |
| laborer |
a person engaged in unskilled manual labor. [1/2 definitions] |
| layman |
a person who is an outsider and unskilled with respect to a particular profession, esp. medicine or law. [1/2 definitions] |
| layperson |
a person who is an outsider and unskilled with respect to a particular profession, esp. medicine or law. [1/2 definitions] |
| laywoman |
a woman who is an outsider and unskilled with respect to a particular profession, esp. medicine or law. [1/2 definitions] |
| lubber |
a clumsy, unskilled, or inexperienced sailor or seaman; landlubber. [1/2 definitions] |
| orderly |
one who performs unskilled work in a hospital. [1/5 definitions] |
| peon |
an unskilled, usu. agricultural worker in Latin America or the southwestern United States. [2 definitions] |
| proletariat |
the working class, esp. those who lack capital and must sell their usu. unskilled labor in order to survive. |
| roustabout |
an unskilled or casual laborer, esp. an oil field worker. [1/3 definitions] |
| tinker |
a clumsy or unskilled worker. [1/7 definitions] |
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