Definitions

untalented

ADJECTIVE

clumsy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bulky heavy-handed inept ponderous ungainly unwieldy

WEAK

all thumbs blundering blunderous bumbling bungling butterfingered clownish crude elephantine gauche gawkish gawky graceless ham-handed heavy helpless hulking ill-shaped incompetent inelegant inexperienced inexpert lubberly lumbering lumpish maladroit oafish splay stumbling unable unadept uncoordinated uncouth undexterous uneasy unhandy unskillful untactful untoward weedy

Antonyms

WEAK

adroit agile athletic clever coordinated couth dexterous expert graceful

ADJECTIVE

unskilled

Synonyms

STRONGEST

incompetent inexperienced uneducated unqualified unschooled

WEAK

awkward green inadequate inept inexpert inproficient not up to raw unable undeveloped unequipped unhandy

Antonyms

STRONGEST

competent educated experienced expert learned

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untalented

“Could an untalented man be able to compose the following satirical witticism?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2025

“How dare you, sir? Would an untalented man be able to compose the following satirical witticism?”

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2025

That’s not to say the athletes on the six teams are untalented.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 2021

The notion that Manson was a bad musician has percolated into more recent narratives about the murders; a Vox explainer from this month repeatedly calls him untalented.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 22, 2019

I could be off there by three o’clock with my sketch-book and pencil, and I told him as much, a little shyly perhaps, like all untalented persons with a pet hobby.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

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