as in incompetent
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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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for untalented
Adjective
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The Trump administration has pulled the plug on a program that provides legal help to immigrants who are determined mentally incompetent, according to a lawsuit filed by immigration legal groups.—
Suzanne Gamboa,
NBC news,
6 May 2025
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City Council, do the right thing for once and put it on the ballot to overturn the requirement of requiring our incompetent city management to do this.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Bears are betting the president is incapable of doing either.—
Jon Markman,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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Dakota Johnson, queen of all nepo babies, is incapable of being boring.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
18 May 2025
Adjective
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For two weeks prior to exams, the platform repeatedly crashed, leaving tens of thousands of teachers and students unable to access critical instructional tools.—
Scott White,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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From the very start, the Celtics’ contributors other than Jaylen Brown — Kristaps Porzingis, Derrick White, Luke Kornet and Payton Pritchard — looked overwhelmed, overmatched and unable to convert on their opportunities.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2025
Adjective
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Declared mentally unfit to stand trial, he was committed to the Mendota Mental Health Institute.—
Jenna deJong,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 May 2025
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That figure comprises people found psychiatrically unfit for trial but are stuck on Rikers awaiting a bed in a state psychiatric facility.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
5 May 2025
Adjective
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Joey, the young man Jack takes under his wing (Nicholas Podany), is an ungifted salesman at first.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
15 Feb. 2023
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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 23 May. 2025.
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