English → Latin
“unskilful” in Latin
imperītusunskilled; unfamiliar, ignorant of, unacquainted with, inexperiencedignārusignorant, unaware, not knowing; incapable, incompetent, unableīnscītusignorant, inexperienced, unskilful; silly, stupidrudisrough, raw, uncultivated; unrefined, unskilled, awkward; rudeiocusa joke, jest; a form of amusement; pastime, sport
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
unskilful
imperitus (inexperienced or unpractised, raw; in anything, alicujus rei): ignarus, in anything, alicujus rei (ignorant of, with genitive of the art or science): inscitus (betraying a want of proper knowledge and judgement of persons and things; e.g., joke, jocus): rudis, in anything, in aliqua re (uninformed in any art or science).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for unskilful?
- The usual Latin words for “unskilful” are imperītus, ignārus, īnscītus; also rudis, iocus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.