Definitions

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  • adjective Not crafty; unscheming.

Etymologies

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un- +ā€Ž crafty

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Examples

  • But they are not hard to make, even for someone as "uncrafty" as me.

    Danielle Crittenden: How to Make a Hannukah Wreath 2009

  • When each of my four children were born, I began saving all the important stuff from their lives and putting it in a homemade gift concept is sure to make "uncrafty" people feel as inadequate as I do when I see

    ABC News: ABCNews 2009

  • When those young Southern bloods had conspired with their co-patriot to his downfall, had instigated and accomplished his assassination, and when he appeared in their midst, the simple, unaffected, _uncrafty_ man that he was, a revulsion of feeling immediately took place.

    Strange Visitors Henry J. Horn

  • For in the ends of Egypt and of Ethiopia fast by the well where men suppose is the head of Nilus that runneth by Egypt, be bred wild beasts, that hight Cacothephas, the which beast is little of body, and uncrafty of members and slow, and hath a full heavy head.

    Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus Robert Steele 1902

  • My blog is Veronica Darling's Crafty Adventures if you wanna check out how currently uncrafty I am, but there will be more stuff there soon!

    Sew Retro Veronica Darling... 2009

  • I have pads I made out of bamboo diaper liners (TMI?) and they work great for me ā€“ and Iā€™m about as uncrafty as they come.

    ProWomanProLife » In case you find it helpful 2009

  • Y 'are brave, but the most uncrafty lad that I can think upon! "

    The Black Arrow Robert Louis Stevenson 1872

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