Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
UNSKILLFUL
botchy, butcherly, unskillful
(adjective) poorly done; “a botchy piece of work”; “it was an unskillful attempt”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
unskillful (comparative more unskillful, superlative most unskillful)
Not skillful.
Source: Wiktionary
Un*skill"ful, a. Etym: [Spelt also unskilful.]
1. Not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician.
2. Lacking discernment; injudicious; ignorant. Though it make the unskillful laugh, can not but make the judicious grieve. Shak.
– Un*skill"ful*ly, adv.
– Un*skill"ful*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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