skilled

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    having or showing or requiring special skill

Word Origin

skilled (adj.)
1550s, past participle adjective from skill (v.) "to have personal and practical knowledge" (c. 1200), from Old Norse skilja "separate, part, divide; break off, break up; part company, take leave; discern, distinguish; understand, find out; decide, settle," from the source of skill (n.).

Antonym

adj.

unskilled

Example

1. On power projects the limit is 40 skilled workers .
2. Obstetric care in hungary is indeed excellent today . It is tightly run by skilled doctors , with low mortality rates .
3. These are skilled laborers , and they are wang shu 's people .
4. Modern technology favours the skilled .
5. Where employment in skilled professions has increased , conditions were often pretty good to begin with .

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