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

desk jockey
desk jockeys
desk officer
desk phone
desk pilot
desk pilots
desk sergeant
deskbound
desked
deskew
deskewed
deskewing
deskews
deskfast
deskfasts
deskill (current term)
deskilled
deskilling
deskills
desking
desklamp
desklamps
deskman
deskmate
deskmates
deskmen
desks
deskside
desksides
desktop

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. ..."

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