Boggle Word Finder
DESKILLING
◐ IN SOME DICTIONARIES
TWL06 ✗
SOWPODS ✓
ENABLE1 ✗
Classic
11
pts
Big
11
pts
Super Big
20
pts
DESKILLING is a valid 10-letter Boggle word. It's listed in SOWPODS but not TWL06 and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 20 in Super Big Boggle.
DESKILLING root DESKILL-ing
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verb
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transitiveTo redesign (a job) so that less skill is required to carry it out, for example through the introduction of new technology.
- The impact on workers is fairly obvious but I believe that managerial jobs have also been deskilled by the adoption of controlling systems and procedures.
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transitiveTo change the role of (workers) so that they are no longer required or able to use the skills that they have acquired.
- Tragic, too, is the gradual deskilling of teachers, loss of excitement about the profession, and loss of gifted teachers to other pursuits.