nontalented
Without natural skill
Nontalented means lacking talent or special ability in a particular area.
The word is straightforward but slightly awkward—most speakers would say untalented or simply not talented.
It appears occasionally in formal or administrative contexts: programs for both talented and nontalented students.
Lacking skill or competence
- unskilledLacking acquired competence
- incapableLacking requisite ability
- incompetentLacking necessary skill
- ineffectiveLacking power to achieve
bungling · maladroit · clumsy · awkward · uncoordinated · blundering · hapless · futile
Arithmetic mean or ordinary
- ordinaryStandard, unremarkable
- unremarkableNot worthy of comment
- mundaneCommonplace, lacking excitement
- commonplaceUnremarkable and frequent
passable · adequate · middling · unexceptional · fair · modest · so-so · tolerable
Nonprofessional participant
- noviceInexperienced newcomer to field
- inexperiencedLacking practical knowledge
- untrainedLacking learned skills
- unpracticedWithout training or skill
unpolished · unprofessional · unschooled · unqualified · raw · green · unskillful · unaccomplished
inept
Lacking skill or competence
- unskilledLacking acquired competence
- incapableLacking requisite ability
- incompetentLacking necessary skill
ineffective · bungling · maladroit · clumsy · awkward · uncoordinated · blundering · hapless · futile · useless
average
Arithmetic mean or ordinary
- ordinaryStandard, unremarkable
- unremarkableNot worthy of comment
- mundaneCommonplace, lacking excitement
commonplace · passable · adequate · middling · unexceptional · fair · modest · so-so · tolerable · indifferent
amateur
Nonprofessional participant
- noviceInexperienced newcomer to field
- inexperiencedLacking practical knowledge
- untrainedLacking learned skills
unpracticed · unpolished · unprofessional · unschooled · unqualified · raw · green · unskillful · unaccomplished · unversed
nontalentedskilled
Having learned ability
accomplished · proficient · masterful · expert · adept
talent, gifted, talented, talents, untalented, talentless, disinherited