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Meanings of skilled in English

Having or showing or requiring special skill.

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        Experienced and clever, profesional.

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              Examples for "unskilled"
              Examples for "unskilled"
              1
              Bihar estimates that immigration of unskilled workers last year dropped by two-fifths.
              Reuters
              2
              They had come to be an unskilled work party clearing the lines.
              Iron Council
              3
              And in America, the unskilled workers are largely outside of the unions.
              An essay on the American contribution and the democratic idea
              4
              The supply of unskilled labor may be somewhat restricted by additional laws.
              Problems in American Democracy
              5
              That takes money, and apart from singing, Rose-Lynn is strictly unskilled labour.
              Radio NZ
              Usage of skilled in English
              1
              The second related question is: where do the skilled staff come from?
              The Guardian
              2
              However, he was certainly skilled enough to join her in working here.
              Jupiter War
              3
              Institutions, especially local government, are weak and lack skilled staff and expertise.
              Reuters
              4
              The Resident Labour Market Test will fall away for highly skilled workers.
              The South African
              5
              Click: This programme has a list of 90 skilled trades in demand.
              The Irish Times
              6
              Twenty high-skilled jobs will be retained, the company said in a statement.
              The Irish Times
              7
              Today the recovery is held up by a shortage of skilled labour.
              The Guardian
              8
              They were not particularly skilled with weapons, having no need to be.
              Secret of the Dragon
              9
              That is the problem of the fact that they were not skilled.
              The South African
              10
              It takes a skilled hand to discern the truth from these Americans.
              American assassin
              11
              We know that skilled professionals are in high demand in other countries.
              The Guardian
              12
              In consequence, the one skilled counsellor would in fact rule the Bank.
              Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market
              13
              Yet even soldiers as skilled and lethal as they were needed sleep.
              Earth Afire
              14
              The proportion of graduates in high-skilled work is also in long-term decline.
              The Guardian
              15
              A skilled technician can measure TRF length in -130samples per week.
              Pubmed
              16
              He was also wrong to claim that capitalism was destroying skilled work.
              The Guardian
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