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Not skilful or able

incompetent

adjective

lacking the ability or skills to do something

incapable

adjective

completely lacking skill or ability

awful

adjective

very bad at doing something

helpless

adjective

not able to do anything without help

amateur

adjective

done or made in a way that shows a lack of skill

inept

adjective

someone who is inept does not have much ability or skill

inexpert

adjective

lacking the skill or experience to do something well

poor

adjective

not skilful

no good

not able to do something well

someone couldn’t do something if they tried

used for saying that someone is completely unable to do something

vocal fry

a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence

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dray

a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer

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conflict mineral

a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons

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