craftless
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English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English craftles, creftleas, from Old English cræftlēas (“artless, unskilful, innocent, simple, inexpert”), from Proto-West Germanic *kraftulaus, equivalent to craft + -less. Cognate with West Frisian krêftleas (“powerless”), Dutch krachteloos (“powerless”), German kraftlos (“powerless”).
Adjective[edit]
craftless (not comparable)
- Without craft; unskilled.
- 1980, Hyman Bogomolny Grinstein, A Short History of the Jews in the United States:
- Ostensibly the reasons given were that craftless people could not readily find jobs […]
Etymology 2[edit]
Adjective[edit]
craftless (not comparable)
- Without craft; boatless, etc.
- 1926, Alec Tweedie, An Adventurous Journey (Russia-Siberia-China):
- Now one had come to see these craftless rivers, empty stations and poverty instead of wealth.
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