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Recent Examples of untalented
Six of his fellow starters on the 53-man squad had been considered so untalented in high school that the national ranking service Rivals had not even bothered rating them.
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Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
On the original, Trini was characterized as untalented and attention-grabbing.
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Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
On the original, Trini was characterized as untalented and attention-grabbing.
—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for untalented
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untalented
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Her Volumnia bellows at her meek daughter-in-law, Virgilia (Justine Faith) as though reprimanding an incompetent private.
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One of the lasting side effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and our catastrophically incompetent response to it is the decrease in trust in public health experts and their advice.
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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.
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But that piece is destined to fail—not because the team is talentless, but because no story can carry that weight.
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Court documents show prosecutors accused Fontes of rape a victim incapable of giving consent because of the effect of alcohol, drugs, or other substances.
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For most of his career, Huang has seemed constitutionally incapable of standing still.
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Mods weren’t available at the start, making the game less configurable and leaving players unable to fix obvious bugs, such as the hugely erratic traffic AI.
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Errors of execution and discipline forced by the relentlessness of a French team stripped of many of its leading players meant New Zealand was unable to secure its win until the final minutes.
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If venue personnel deem any person to be a threat, or otherwise unfit, in their sole discretion, he or she will not be permitted access and shall forfeit the prize.
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She was deemed unfit to stand trial on medical grounds.
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Joey, the young man Jack takes under his wing (Nicholas Podany), is an ungifted salesman at first.
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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.
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“Untalented.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untalented. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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