different between wrongdoing vs unskill

English

Alternative forms

• wrong-doing

Etymology

wrong +? doing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????du???/

Noun

wrongdoing (usually uncountable, plural wrongdoings)

1. (uncountable) Violation of standards of behavior.

2. (countable) An instance of doing wrong.

Translations

Verb

wrongdoing

1. present participle of wrongdo

English

Etymology

From un- +? skill.

Noun

unskill (uncountable)

1. Foolish conduct; wrongdoing.
   • 1954, The Collection of the Middle Length Sayings:

     And what, your reverences, is unskill ? what is unskill's root ? what is skill ? what is skill's root ? Onslaught on creatures, your reverences, is unskill, taking what is not given is unskill. Sexual misconduct is unskill. Lying speech is unskill.

2. Lack of skill; skilllessness.
   • 1901, Popular Science:

     It is at this point that the real menace of unskill becomes clear. Much has been written and spoken about the retarding effect of unskill upon our national production, and this is indeed serious. But the real danger is more fundamental.

Anagrams

• unkills