unworkmanlikeadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈwəːkmənlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˌənˈwərkmənˌlaɪk/ Unlike a workman; unworthy of a good workman; badly executed or finished.
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > unskilled in art or craft > unworkmanlike
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1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. Vnworkemanlike, niet gelijck een werck meester.
1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum at Inartificial Artless, unworkmanlike.
1756 C. Smart tr. Horace Satires ii. iii, in tr. Horace Wks. II. 131 What was carved in an unworkman-like manner.
1820 Edinb. Rev. 33 354 He tacks them together in such a clumsy and unworkmanlike style.
1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life x. i. 338 The unworkmanlike haste with which it was put together.
1895 Mod. Stm. Eng. 64 An unfinished, un~workmanlike appearance is imparted to the whole machine.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
unworkmanlikeadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈwəːkmənlʌɪk/, U.S. /ˌənˈwərkmənˌlaɪk/ (un- prefix1 5b.)
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adverb] > in unworkmanlike manner
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1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Inartificially, artlesly, unworkmanlike.
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