Meanings
comparative more talentless · superlative most talentless
- Having no talent or natural ability.
I refer to the talentless daughter of some rich man—the youthful feminine flower of Berlin Nabobry—who holds herself wonderfully gifted.
1893, Moritz Moszkowski, “Music Lessons: A Chat”, in Music: A Monthly Magazine, volume 4, Chicago, page 761 more example
She also offers a fascinating glimpse into a more innocent age before svengalis began colluding with marketing men and TV execs to promote talentless wannabes to overnight success.
2005 October 15, Hamilton SpectatorSynonyms: untalented
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving no talent or natural ability.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivedevoid of talent; not gifted
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
By surface analysis, talent + -less.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian бездарен
- бездарен (bezdaren)having no talent
Dutch talentloos
- talentlooshaving no talent
French dénué de talent
- dénué de talenthaving no talent
German talentlos
- talentloshaving no talent
Greek ατάλαντος
- ατάλαντος (atálantos)having no talent
Polish pozbawiony talentu
- pozbawiony talentuhaving no talent
Russian безда́рный, нетала́нтливый
- безда́рный (bezdárnyj)having no talent
- нетала́нтливый (netalántlivyj)having no talent
Spanish sin talento, caso perdido
- sin talentohaving no talent
- caso perdidohaving no talent
- de poco talentohaving no talent
Swedish talanglös
- talanglöshaving no talent
Turkish yeteneksiz, beceriksiz
- yeteneksizhaving no talent
- beceriksizhaving no talent
- kabiliyetsizhaving no talent
Cite this entry
talentless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/talentless
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