unendowed

8.4

Not having a certain quality, skill, or money

adjective
/ˌʌnɪnˈdaʊd/

: desprovisto

Without access to the latest technology, the team felt unendowed in their ability to compete.

Examples

Many students felt unendowed in math skills compared to their peers who excelled.
Mallada deems his countrymen unpatriotic and unendowed with civic sensibility (46-47).

Academic text (2004)
She felt unendowed when it came to artistic talent, despite her love for painting.

Synonyms

untalented

vsunendowed

6 3.4

Not good at an activity

is more general and not limited to specific skill areas

unskilled

vsunendowed

6 2.9

Having no ability or training to do something well

is broader, covering lack of qualities, talents, or general resources

unequipped

vsunendowed

2 4.6

Not having the tools or skills needed for a task

is broader and covers lack of qualities or resources beyond equipment

unblessed

vsunendowed

1 7.0

Not having something good that people usually want

is neutral about value and covers lack of any quality or resource

ungifted

vsunendowed

1 3.9

Does not have a special talent or natural ability

is broader and applies to lack of any quality or resource

Antonyms

endowed

Formal

1 4.9

Having a natural ability or a gift given by people

equipped

4.0

Having the tools or skills needed for a job

How Endowed

well-endowed

1 6.8

unendowed

8.4

Surface Forms

unendowed positive

Morphology

unendowed = endowed (transparent) = un + endow + ed

The productive negative prefix 'un-' directly negates the adjective 'endowed', yielding the clear meaning 'not provided with'.

Etymology

Unendowed has the beginning un- meaning 'not' and the part endow meaning 'to give' or 'to provide', as when a school gets an endowment of money. So, unendowed means 'not given' something, which is why we use it for a person, skill, or place that lacks a gift, talent, or resources.