Meanings
plural ungeniuses
- countableA person who is not a genius.
Serenus Zeitblom, serene flower of the age, good-hearted, long-winded, the ungenius par excellence whose ungenius is his license to speak.
1995, Benjamin Taylor, Into the Open: Reflections on Genius and Modernity, page 901 more example
For a heady moment I wanted to fling the notebook down and say to them: you write about geniuses and ungeniuses if you like, but don't teach me how to do it, I won't be able to do it anyway. I'd be better acting instead of you.
1987, Stefano Micossi, Julie A. E. Curtis, Bulgakov's Last Decade: The Writer as Hero, page 34 - uncountableLack of genius.
Serenus Zeitblom, serene flower of the age, good-hearted, long-winded, the ungenius par excellence whose ungenius is his license to speak.
1995, Benjamin Taylor, Into the Open: Reflections on Genius and Modernity, page 90
Origin
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