craftlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈkrɑːftləs/,

/ˈkraftləs/, U.S.

/ˈkræf(t)ləs/

Forms: see craft n. and -less suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: craft n., -less suffix.

Etymology: < craft n. + -less suffix.Compare (in different sense) Middle Dutch crachteloos (Dutch krachteloos ), Middle Low German kraftlōs , Old High German kreftilōs , kraftelōs (Middle High German kreftelōs , kraftlōs , German kraftlos ), all in the sense ‘lacking force, strength or power’ (compare craft n. 1). In Old English and Middle English often translating classical Latin iners inert adj. (compare quot. a1425 at sense 1a), either in its less frequent sense ‘lacking skill’ (i.e. when it is actually equivalent to sense 1a) or as an element-by-element gloss where the context of the lemma suggests that the sense is actually ‘inactive, slothful’.

a. Lacking skill, ability, or know-how; unskilled; (formerly also) †ignorant (obsolete). Later: spec. that lacks training or expertise in a craft or skilled occupation. Also occasionally as n.: unskilled people as a class.On the Latin translated in quot. a1425, see etymological note.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective]

craftlessOE

unslyc1275

unexperta1425

incrafty?1520

imperite?1550

unskilful1565

skilless1573

artless1586

inexpert1598

unarted1603

boisterous1609

unhandsomea1616

unwieldy1666

unartful1683

undexterous1688

unaccomplished1709

not so (also not too) hot1845

rotten1867

one-fingered1868

button pushing1896

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adjective]

unlearedeOE

untowenc1000

unwittyc1000

skillessc1175

uncouthc1220

lewda1225

lorelessa1300

simplea1325

layc1330

uncunning1340

untaughtc1340

unknowingc1350

rudea1382

roida1400

unquainta1400

ignorant?c1400

unlearnedc1400

misknowing?a1425

simple-hearted?c1425

unknownc1475

unkenningc1480

unweeting1483

nescienta1500

craftlessc1530

misliterate1532

sillya1547

ingram1553

gross1561

inscient1578

borowe1579

plain-headeda1586

empirical1588

rudeful1589

lack-learning1590

learnless?1593

wotless?1594

ingrant1597

untutored1597

small-knowing1598

uninstructed1598

unlearnt1609

unread1609

unware?1611

nescious1623

inscious1633

inscientifical1660

uninformed1702

unaware1704

unable1721

unsuspecting1776

inerudite1801

ill-informed1824

incognoscent1827

unminded1831

unknowledgeable1837

knowledgelessc1843

parviscient1862

clueless1943

OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 60 Expers, indoctus, dælleas uel cræftleas.

a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 34^v Iners, craftles.

c1530 A. Barclay Egloges iii. sig. Piij Some craftles foolys.

1816 Scots Mag. Jan. 56/1 So Sheffield cutler of inferior skill, Where craftless hands can't feed his bannock mill,..stamps his blades..with whittle-maker's name of more repute.

1952 Illustr. London News 21 June 1040/2 Gangs of men, reduced to the ranks of craftless labourers for lack of skilled employment.

2014 Guardian (Online ed.) (Nexis) 30 Dec. The statute imposed a wage freeze at pre-Black Death levels and forced the landless and craftless into compulsory labour.

b. Of something produced or done: displaying or characterized by lack of skill, expertise, or craftsmanship.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > unskilled in art or craft > unskilfully made or done

unslya1300

misframeda1450

mismadec1480

ill-fashioned1600

bungled1619

ill-turneda1637

blunderly1746

stickit1784

wall-eyed1847

craftless1905

jack-legged1907

jackleg1936

1905 Washington Post 16 Apr. (Theatrical section) 1/4 Winsome indeed the acting..must have been to triumph over James W. Murdock's utterly craftless writing.

2018 Atlantic Online (Nexis) 15 Oct. She derided Instagram poetry as amateurish and craftless commercial fodder that anyone can breezily snack on.

2. Lacking cunning or craftiness; artless, guileless; innocent. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective] > artless, guileless, or innocent

simple?c1225

innocenta1382

simple-hearted?c1425

unsubtlea1500

indolec1550

naïfc1598

sacklessa1600

plain-hearted1601

unnooked1602

unguileful1604

onefold1606

naivea1614

innocentious1624

innocential1628

excuseless1640

uncrafty1647

craftless1650

ingenuousa1662

innocentive1661

unartful1703

artless1714

ingénue1848

blue-eyed1903

1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Living iv. 330 Those who specially belong to Gods protection, helpless, craftless and innocent people.

1904 St. J. Lucas Poems 48 Where a wise man may not win A craftless child may enter in.

1959 Yale French Stud. No. 23. 76 The old Father of Laughter was no craftless innocent.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	craftless
释义	craftlessadj. Brit. /ˈkrɑːftləs/, /ˈkraftləs/, U.S. /ˈkræf(t)ləs/ Forms: see craft n. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: craft n., -less suffix. Etymology: < craft n. + -less suffix.Compare (in different sense) Middle Dutch crachteloos (Dutch krachteloos ), Middle Low German kraftlōs , Old High German kreftilōs , kraftelōs (Middle High German kreftelōs , kraftlōs , German kraftlos ), all in the sense ‘lacking force, strength or power’ (compare craft n. 1). In Old English and Middle English often translating classical Latin iners inert adj. (compare quot. a1425 at sense 1a), either in its less frequent sense ‘lacking skill’ (i.e. when it is actually equivalent to sense 1a) or as an element-by-element gloss where the context of the lemma suggests that the sense is actually ‘inactive, slothful’. 1. a. Lacking skill, ability, or know-how; unskilled; (formerly also) †ignorant (obsolete). Later: spec. that lacks training or expertise in a craft or skilled occupation. Also occasionally as n.: unskilled people as a class.On the Latin translated in quot. a1425, see etymological note. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] craftlessOE unslyc1275 unexperta1425 incrafty?1520 imperite?1550 unskilful1565 skilless1573 artless1586 inexpert1598 unarted1603 boisterous1609 unhandsomea1616 unwieldy1666 unartful1683 undexterous1688 unaccomplished1709 not so (also not too) hot1845 rotten1867 one-fingered1868 button pushing1896 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adjective] unlearedeOE untowenc1000 unwittyc1000 skillessc1175 uncouthc1220 lewda1225 lorelessa1300 simplea1325 layc1330 uncunning1340 untaughtc1340 unknowingc1350 rudea1382 roida1400 unquainta1400 ignorant?c1400 unlearnedc1400 misknowing?a1425 simple-hearted?c1425 unknownc1475 unkenningc1480 unweeting1483 nescienta1500 craftlessc1530 misliterate1532 sillya1547 ingram1553 gross1561 inscient1578 borowe1579 plain-headeda1586 empirical1588 rudeful1589 lack-learning1590 learnless?1593 wotless?1594 ingrant1597 untutored1597 small-knowing1598 uninstructed1598 unlearnt1609 unread1609 unware?1611 nescious1623 inscious1633 inscientifical1660 uninformed1702 unaware1704 unable1721 unsuspecting1776 inerudite1801 ill-informed1824 incognoscent1827 unminded1831 unknowledgeable1837 knowledgelessc1843 parviscient1862 clueless1943 OE Antwerp-London Gloss. (2011) 60 Expers, indoctus, dælleas uel cræftleas. a1425 Medulla Gram. (Stonyhurst) f. 34^v Iners, craftles. c1530 A. Barclay Egloges iii. sig. Piij Some craftles foolys. 1816 Scots Mag. Jan. 56/1 So Sheffield cutler of inferior skill, Where craftless hands can't feed his bannock mill,..stamps his blades..with whittle-maker's name of more repute. 1952 Illustr. London News 21 June 1040/2 Gangs of men, reduced to the ranks of craftless labourers for lack of skilled employment. 2014 Guardian (Online ed.) (Nexis) 30 Dec. The statute imposed a wage freeze at pre-Black Death levels and forced the landless and craftless into compulsory labour. b. Of something produced or done: displaying or characterized by lack of skill, expertise, or craftsmanship. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > unskilled in art or craft > unskilfully made or done unslya1300 misframeda1450 mismadec1480 ill-fashioned1600 bungled1619 ill-turneda1637 blunderly1746 stickit1784 wall-eyed1847 craftless1905 jack-legged1907 jackleg1936 1905 Washington Post 16 Apr. (Theatrical section) 1/4 Winsome indeed the acting..must have been to triumph over James W. Murdock's utterly craftless writing. 2018 Atlantic Online (Nexis) 15 Oct. She derided Instagram poetry as amateurish and craftless commercial fodder that anyone can breezily snack on. 2. Lacking cunning or craftiness; artless, guileless; innocent. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective] > artless, guileless, or innocent simple?c1225 innocenta1382 simple-hearted?c1425 unsubtlea1500 indolec1550 naïfc1598 sacklessa1600 plain-hearted1601 unnooked1602 unguileful1604 onefold1606 naivea1614 innocentious1624 innocential1628 excuseless1640 uncrafty1647 craftless1650 ingenuousa1662 innocentive1661 unartful1703 artless1714 ingénue1848 blue-eyed1903 1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Living iv. 330 Those who specially belong to Gods protection, helpless, craftless and innocent people. 1904 St. J. Lucas Poems 48 Where a wise man may not win A craftless child may enter in. 1959 Yale French Stud. No. 23. 76 The old Father of Laughter was no craftless innocent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.OE
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