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craftless

The English word “craftless” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Without craft; unskilled.
  2. Without craft; boatless, etc.

Etymology

From Middle English craftles, creftleas, from Old English cræftlēas (“artless, unskilful, innocent, simple, inexpert”), from Proto-West Germanic *kraftulaus, equivalent to craft + -less. Cognate with West Frisian krêftleas (“powerless”), Dutch krachteloos (“powerless”), German kraftlos (“powerless”).

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