ungifted

adjective

Definition of ungiftednext
as in untalented

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Recent Examples of ungifted Joey, the young man Jack takes under his wing (Nicholas Podany), is an ungifted salesman at first. — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 15 Feb. 2023 Portland, with a very ungifted mayor, should request help from the Federal Government. — Emma Colton, Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ungifted
  1. untalented
  2. incompetent
  3. incapable
  4. unable
  5. unfit
  6. untutored
  7. unschooled
  8. 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
Definition of untalented
Adjective
  • The idea that government, which has been defined as incompetent and inefficient for decades, could provide grocery abundance and variety better than Walmart and Costco has triggered a visceral reaction among critics.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
  • His costly miscalculation exploded into a life-and-death war fiasco that an incompetent and dishonest administration is now incapable of ending.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of incompetent
Adjective
  • The familiarity of a news conference doesn’t mean that Rice is incapable of changing.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Real-world experience in professions may be a quality that AI is incapable of replicating, a new study suggests.
    — Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of incapable
Adjective
  • Kyler Gordon was present and on the sideline but is still on the physically unable to perform list.
    — Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Humanitarian intervention alone is unable to improve this dire situation.
    — Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of unable
Adjective
  • His reelection campaign has been rocked by the allegations made by his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, and her senator dad, who says Miller is unfit to serve in Congress.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Indeed, the representatives of that Government assert that the people of Hawaii are unfit for popular government and frankly avow that they can be best ruled by arbitrary or despotic power.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of unfit
Adjective
  • No untutored voice, nor even sound of rushing car disturbed the seemingly sacred stillness of the hour.
    — Erin Alberty, Axios, 14 Apr. 2025
  • His savage, untutored mind suggested no better way than that of wreaking vengeance upon those who had wronged him.
    — Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025
Definition of untutored
Adjective
  • When Obama met Trump for a ritual pre-Inauguration visit to the Oval Office, he was struck by how unschooled and incurious the President-elect was.
    — Peter Slevin, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Mata was also concerned about how the data failed to display how INA staff works with the lowest English proficiency students in the district — specifically those who are unschooled, and oftentimes refugees who have just entered the country.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
Definition of unschooled
Adjective
  • 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
Definition of talentless

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“Ungifted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ungifted. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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