untalented
adjective
un·tal·ent·ed
ˌən-ˈta-lən-təd 
: lacking a special aptitude or talent : not talented
untalented but enthusiastic dancers
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But the pushback is coming from this misguided place that super talented white actors and actresses are being passed over for jobs by untalented people of color.
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Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
The current season finds Short’s not completely untalented director, Oliver, back on Broadway, with a part for Martin’s hack actor Charles — that is, before leading man Rudd turns up dead.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
Amy is married with a child; her stay-at-home husband (Joseph Lee) is the untalented son of a famous artist-designer, along the lines of Isamu Noguchi, who makes awful blobby ceramic vases.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2023
In her post, Curtis, 64, acknowledged the privileges of her upbringing, but defends herself from false assumptions that all nepotism babies are automatically untalented or undeserving of their fame.
—Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2022
That goes above all for Eaton and Mann, but also Dave Bautista, cast here as a kind but profoundly untalented impresario of the murder-mystery supper club where Riley gets a job.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2023
The rage of the untalented is . . .
—Michael P. H. Stanley, National Review, 3 Oct. 2021
Along with her lover, the middlebrow novelist William (Ato Essandoh), Irene has returned from the city to visit her ailing friend, Samuel (David Cale), and her sensitive yet untalented son, Kevin (Nat Wolff).
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2023
Curtis, the daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, took to Instagram last week to defend herself from false assumptions that all nepotism babies are automatically untalented or undeserving of their fame.
—Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2022
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Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
The current season finds Short’s not completely untalented director, Oliver, back on Broadway, with a part for Martin’s hack actor Charles — that is, before leading man Rudd turns up dead.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
Amy is married with a child; her stay-at-home husband (Joseph Lee) is the untalented son of a famous artist-designer, along the lines of Isamu Noguchi, who makes awful blobby ceramic vases.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2023
In her post, Curtis, 64, acknowledged the privileges of her upbringing, but defends herself from false assumptions that all nepotism babies are automatically untalented or undeserving of their fame.
—Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2022
That goes above all for Eaton and Mann, but also Dave Bautista, cast here as a kind but profoundly untalented impresario of the murder-mystery supper club where Riley gets a job.
—Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Mar. 2023
The rage of the untalented is . . .
—Michael P. H. Stanley, National Review, 3 Oct. 2021
Along with her lover, the middlebrow novelist William (Ato Essandoh), Irene has returned from the city to visit her ailing friend, Samuel (David Cale), and her sensitive yet untalented son, Kevin (Nat Wolff).
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2023
Curtis, the daughter of Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, took to Instagram last week to defend herself from false assumptions that all nepotism babies are automatically untalented or undeserving of their fame.
—Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2022
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1753, in the meaning defined above
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