talentless

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Recent Examples of talentless The script, by Ed Solomon, treats the Sklar siblings as cardboard grotesques—heartless, talentless, united in their loathing of a father who loathes them right back. Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2026 But that piece is destined to fail—not because the team is talentless, but because no story can carry that weight. Rich Bornstein, Forbes.com, 20 Mar. 2026 That need for validation is seen most immediately in Isabella but broadens out to Sam the director in the film whom Isabella accuses in a moment of catty lucidity of fearing that he will be exposed as a talentless coward with nothing to say…. John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for talentless
Adjective
  • Trump repeatedly called for the cancellation of the shows, saying Colbert and Kimmel were untalented and low-rated.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
  • Ted Knight portrayed the vain, untalented newscaster Ted Baxter and received six Emmy nominations for his role, winning once.
    Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
Adjective
  • Excuses are tools of the incompetent and only build monuments to nothingness.
    Emily Trainham, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Trial delayed over Scott’s competency The trial has been delayed multiple times after Scott was found incompetent to stand trial.
    Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Early critics argued that these tools were a mere gimmick, incapable of true artistic utility or nuance.
    Coco Mao, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • What’s left is a vaguely political YouTube series afraid of its own tail, incapable of being actually relatable and too cowardly to own the batshit truths of these people’s lives.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • But in Meriwether’s hands, the show became a propulsive exploration of both women’s trauma and the misogynistic criminal justice system that’s unfit to deal with it.
    Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The complaint also alleges Wendy's failed to warn customers of the alleged danger and served food that was unfit for human consumption.
    Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Multiple commenters were still unable to see it, and were getting the same error, as did Fortune.
    Emily Forlini, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Committed to another project, Williamson was unable to finish the script.
    Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2026

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“Talentless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talentless. Accessed 9 Sep. 2026.

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