unworkmanlike

1. 1.

   not characteristic of or suitable for a good workman

   “an unworkmanlike result”

   “an unworkmanlike tool”

   Similarincompetent

Questions about unworkmanlike

What does unworkmanlike mean?

unworkmanlike means "not characteristic of or suitable for a good workman".

How many syllables are in unworkmanlike?

unworkmanlike has 4 syllables and divides as un-work-man-like under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is unworkmanlike a common word?

unworkmanlike is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.