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Definition of Deskill
1. Verb. To redesign (a job) so that less skill is required to carry it out, for example through the introduction of new technology. ¹
2. Verb. To change the role of (workers) so that they are no longer required or able to use the skills that they have acquired. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deskill
1. to automate [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: automate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deskill
Literary usage of Deskill
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Vital Records of Marblehead, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 by Joseph Warren Chapman, Marblehead (Mass.) (1904)
"... deskill, Oct. 23, 1768. c. R. 3.* Sarah, Mrs., and John Bostick Frost, Dec.
7, 178o.* Susanah, and Edward Hammond, Dec. 2, 1737. ..."