deskill
verb/diːˈskɪl/
/diːˈskɪl/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they deskill | /diːˈskɪl/ /diːˈskɪl/ |
| he / she / it deskills | /diːˈskɪlz/ /diːˈskɪlz/ |
| past simple deskilled | /diːˈskɪld/ /diːˈskɪld/ |
| past participle deskilled | /diːˈskɪld/ /diːˈskɪld/ |
| -ing form deskilling | /diːˈskɪlɪŋ/ /diːˈskɪlɪŋ/ |
- deskill something to reduce the amount of skill that is needed to do a particular job
- Advances in technology deskilled many traditional jobs.
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- deskill somebody to make the skills of a worker out of date
- They have lost confidence and become deskilled.
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