0 present participle of deskill
1 to reduce the amount of skill that someone needs to do a particular job:
New technology has been used to deskill many jobs.
The existence of a continuous flow of low-skilled or unskilled workers ensured that deskilling technical change would also allow wages to be cut.
Often these concerns are couched in terms of deskilling of healthcare professionals, mirroring the earlier debate over deskilling due to automation in other areas.
Their entrance reflected a measure of deskilling and leveling of the craft, and the older women held them partially responsible for their economic difficulties.
Changing age profiles of certain occupations are reported, giving evidence of deskilling and the marginalisation of older men in the workforce through technological change.
And while it is often the case that the introduction of new technology into existing industries can result in deskilling, for lexicographers increasing computerization is an entirely benign process.
Malmo was notable for more deskilling of labour and for experiencing industrial decline later, notably from the 1970s.
They impose weekly changes on schools such that that chief inspector said that they run the risk of deskilling our teaching force.
With de-industrialisation over the past decade has come deskilling.
