talentless

adjective

Definition of talentlessnext
as in untalented

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for talentless
  1. untalented
  2. incompetent
  3. incapable
  4. unfit
  5. unable
Adjective
  • The second act chronicles the hard slog of pushing a lousy act with an untalented lead on a dying vaudeville circuit.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • As the divas Dee Dee and Barry, Susan Haefner and Benjamin Howes don’t pretend to be untalented, just obnoxiously vain.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 July 2024
Definition of untalented
Adjective
  • Geyser was diagnosed the following August with childhood-onset schizophrenia and ruled incompetent to stand trial, a decision that was reversed that December.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
  • In 2023, he was found medically incompetent to stand trial and removed from the case.
    Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of incompetent
Adjective
  • Preverbal infants, orangutans, and all other creatures incapable of language are, by implication, powerless to perform many basic mental operations.
    Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The massive popular revolt against the 2021 coup, particularly among young people who had thrived during the previous decade, demonstrates that that strategy in fact succeeded, if at enormous cost, as the Myanmar military appears incapable now of reasserting its control nationwide.
    Derek Mitchell, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of incapable
Adjective
  • Jean-Marie Le Pen was deemed unfit to testify. ___ Ganley, who retired from The Associated Press, contributed to this report.
    Thomas Adamson, Sylvie Corbet, TIME, 7 Jan. 2025
  • It's said in the books that the iron throne was built to cut anyone unfit to rule, which sums up Viserys (although, to be fair, it's easily done; the throne is made of swords).
    David Faris, Newsweek, 28 Dec. 2024
Definition of unfit
Adjective
  • In fact, the federal government is practically throwing cash in an incinerator by handing over blank checks to these predatory schools to begin with, only for courts to mandate debt elimination on the backend or borrowers driven into poverty by the schools rendered unable to pay back a penny.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Jan. 2025
  • When the Eaton Fire started 10 days ago, Martin was unable to find temporary housing nearby.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
Definition of unable
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talented

talentless

talents

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