"craftless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: 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”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|craftles}} Middle English craftles, {{m|enm|creftleas}} creftleas, {{inh|en|ang|cræftlēas|t=artless, unskilful, innocent, simple, inexpert}} Old English cræftlēas (“artless, unskilful, innocent, simple, inexpert”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*kraftulaus}} Proto-West Germanic *kraftulaus, {{suffix|en|craft|less}} craft + -less, {{cog|fy|krêftleas|t=powerless}} West Frisian krêftleas (“powerless”), {{cog|nl|krachteloos|t=powerless}} Dutch krachteloos (“powerless”), {{cog|de|kraftlos|t=powerless}} German kraftlos (“powerless”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} craftless (not comparable)
  1. Without craft; unskilled. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-craftless-en-adj-wPBKzPVe
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

Etymology: From craft + -less. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|craft|less}} craft + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} craftless (not comparable)
  1. Without craft; boatless, etc. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-craftless-en-adj-zVm~XLJD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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