untalented

English

Etymology

From un- ‎ talented.

Adjective

untalented (comparative more untalented, superlative most untalented)

1. Not talented; lacking in talent.

   Synonym: talentless

   Hypernyms: (usually hypernymous) incompetent; incapable, inable, unable

   Coordinate terms: unskilled, unskillful; unequipped; unconscientious; unknowledgeable, ignorant; unschooled, uneducated, undereducated; inexperienced, nonexperienced, unexperienced, underexperienced, green; lazy, careless

   • 1825, The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal, volume 9, page 87:

     England is the only modern country among civilized nations where the untalented, unnobled, ungentle, and the vilest possessor of wealth is an envy and marvel with no small portion of its society.

Translations

not talented

• Azerbaijani: istedadsız
• Finnish: lahjaton (fi)
• German: untalentiert (de), unbegabt
• Greek: ατάλαντος (el) (atálantos), απροίκιστος (el) (aproíkistos)

  Ancient: ἀφυής (aphuḗs)

• Norwegian: talentløs
• Polish: nieuzdolniony, niezdolny (pl), nieutalentowany (pl)
• Russian: нетала́нтливый (ru) (netalántlivyj)
• Ukrainian: неталанови́тий (netalanovýtyj), безда́рний (uk) (bezdárnyj)

See also

• hack
• impostor
• poser
• poseur