talentless

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for talentless
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
Adjective
  • Some seemed to be downright incompetent, Marquez told the jury.
    Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2025
  • The defense has argued that others possibly killed O’Keefe inside that home and that the police were either too incompetent or corrupt to investigate that angle.
    Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • For the eight minutes the Mets batted in the bottom of the eighth, Garrett was a shark incapable of pausing even for a second.
    Tim Britton, New York Times, 5 July 2025
  • There have been countless occasions when he was asked to get another batter, another few outs, when his weary body was simply incapable of doing so.
    Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Adjective
  • Newcastle was eight games into the 2020-21 season with no wins to its name, its squad unfit and directionless.
    Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
  • But the dreamscape is an airless place, unfit for permanent residence.
    Book Marks July 3, Literary Hub, 3 July 2025
Adjective
  • If unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 5 July 2025
  • And he’s become a beloved visitor to almost every continent, even though unable to return to his homeland.
    Pico Iyer, Time, 5 July 2025
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“Talentless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talentless. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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