deskill
English
verb
Definitions
- To redesign (a job) so that less skill is required to carry it out, for example through the introduction of new technology.
- To change the role of (workers) so that they are no longer required or able to use the skills that they have acquired.
Etymology
Affix from English skill.
Origin
English
skill
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- deskiller English
- lifeskill English
- microskill English
- multiskill English
- pseudoskill English
- reskill English
- skilful English
- skill English
- skillage English
- skillful English
- skillless English
- skillman English
- skillo English
- skillshare English
- skillsome English
- subskill English
- unskill English
- upskill English
- skill Middle English
- scil Irish
- sgìl Welsh