[{"word":"deskilled","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To redesign (a job) so that less skill is required to carry it out, for example through the introduction of new technology.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"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."},{"definition":"To change the role of (workers) so that they are no longer required or able to use the skills that they have acquired.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Tragic, too, is the gradual deskilling of teachers, loss of excitement about the profession, and loss of gifted teachers to other pursuits."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/deskill","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/deskilled"]}]