talentless

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈtæləntləs/ UK /ˈtæləntləs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
having no special natural ability or aptitude

Critics dismissed the singer as a talentless product of marketing.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · having no special natural... incompetent inept unskilled mediocre ungifted

Opposites

talented gifted skilled able

Word family

Derived forms talentlessness

Related forms talent talented

Etymology

From talent + -less. Talent (a natural aptitude) derives from the parable of the talents and ultimately from Latin talentum ('a unit of weight or money'), from Ancient Greek talanton ('balance, weight, sum of money').

talentum Latin τάλαντον Ancient Greek

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# talentless

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈtæləntləs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtæləntləs/

## Meanings
1. having no special natural ability or aptitude

## Examples
- Critics dismissed the singer as a talentless product of marketing.

## Synonyms
- incompetent
- inept
- unskilled
- mediocre
- ungifted

## Antonyms
- talented
- gifted
- skilled
- able

## Derived Forms
- talentlessness

## Related Forms
- talent
- talented

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: talentum
- Root: τάλαντον

## Etymology
From talent + -less. Talent (a natural aptitude) derives from the parable of the talents and ultimately from Latin talentum ('a unit of weight or money'), from Ancient Greek talanton ('balance, weight, sum of money').

## AI Etymology
Talentless is from talent + -less. Talent (a natural aptitude) derives from the parable of the talents and ultimately from Latin talentum ('a unit of weight or money'), from Ancient Greek talanton ('balance, weight, sum of money'). Important recorded forms include talentum (Latin) and τάλαντον (Ancient Greek). Morphologically, -less marks absence or lack, so the word names a state defined by being without the quality or thing expressed by the base. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers having no special natural ability or aptitude. The wider family includes derived forms such as talentlessness and related words such as talent and talented.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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