untalented

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Recent Examples of untalented In typical sports comedy fashion, Jasmine's team consists of a ragtag group of untalented boys who don't want to embarrass themselves by playing under a female quarterback, but who quickly change their tune once their team starts winning. Ilana Gordon, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2023 People called her rude, untalented, unfunny, and accused her of being a nepo baby or worse, simply another influencer wasting everyone’s time. Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2024 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. 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 See All Example Sentences for untalented
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untalented
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
  • 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
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
  • Joey, the young man Jack takes under his wing (Nicholas Podany), is an ungifted salesman at first.
    Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The glamorous women who pursued Lawrence were flummoxed by his loyalty to Frieda: stout, older than he was, decidedly ungifted with words.
    Rebecca Panovka, The New Yorker, 2 June 2021

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“Untalented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untalented. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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