ἄτεχνος

A. without art, unskilful, Pl. Plt. 274c; esp. ignorant of the rules or principles of art, opp. ἔντεχνος or τεχνίτης, unskilled, unprofessional, of persons, Id. Sph. 219a, Gal. 6.134, S.E. P. 3.262; having no trade or profession, PFlor. 4.14 (iv A.D.); unsystematic, διδασκαλία Anon. in SE 67.31; of pursuits, ἄ. τριβή Pl. Phdr. 260e, cf. 262c, Lg. 938a; πίστεις ἄ. proofs not invented by the orator, Arist. Rh. 1355b35, 1375a22; ἀποδείξεις Ph. 1.355; αἰσχρὸν καὶ ἄ. not workmanlike, Hp. Fract. 30; πῦρ uncreative, opp. τεχνικόν, Zeno Stoic. 1.34; φαντασία ib.2.24.