untalented

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2025

Edebiri delivers the "ugly and untalented" phrase with absolute neutrality, as if PJ and Josie have accepted that these are their defining characteristics.

From Salon • Sep. 4, 2023

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

From Seattle Times • Aug. 6, 2021

Speechwriters actually get paid for such bromides; capitalist America remains a land of opportunity even for the untalented.

From Washington Post • Jun. 21, 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