😕 Lacking talent 🎁 Without presents

giftless

6.9

A person who does not have natural talent

adjective
/ˈɡɪftləs/

Archaic

: sin talento

Although he was giftless in sports, he always tried his best on the field.

Examples

The giftless student struggled with the advanced math problems but never gave up.
She felt giftless compared to her talented siblings, but she found joy in her own hobbies.
Don't be so giftless in expressing your ideas!
He feels giftless when it comes to art.
Although he was giftless in sports, he always tried hard to improve his skills.
The giftless student sought help to understand the challenging math problems.
She often felt giftless in music when her friends played beautifully.

Synonyms

talentless

vsgiftless

9 4.3

A person or thing that cannot do something well

emphasizes lack of natural ability rather than trained skill

untalented

vsgiftless

6 3.4

Not good at an activity

means missing general natural ability rather than only one area

ungifted

vsgiftless

1 3.9

Does not have a special talent or natural ability

highlights missing natural ability rather than learned skill

Antonyms

talented

446 1.0

Naturally able to do something well

How Talented

gifted

5 3.5

talented

446 1.0

skilled

172 3.5

competent

114 3.6

unskilled

6 2.9

giftless

Archaic

6.9

Surface Forms

giftless positive

Morphology

giftless = gift (transparent) = gift + less

The word 'giftless' is transparently derived from 'gift' with the suffix '-less', indicating a lack of the base word's meaning.

Etymology

Giftless is made of gift ('a natural talent' or 'a present') and -less ('without'), as you can see in the word gifted. So to be giftless in this sense is 'without a gift', meaning 'without natural talent'.